Mrs Choo bought an equal number of skirts and sweaters. Each skirt cost $17 and each sweater cost $8. Mrs Choo paid $64 for the sweaters. What was the total amount of money spent?
| |
Skirts |
Sweaters |
Total |
| Number |
1 u |
1 u |
2 u |
| Value |
$17 |
$8 |
|
| Total value |
17 u |
8 u |
25 u |
Number of skirts = 1 u
Number of sweaters = 1 u
Total cost of skirts = 1 u x 17 = 17 u
Total cost of sweaters = 1 u x 8 = 8 u
8 u = 64
1 u = 64 ÷ 8 = 8
Total cost of skirts and sweaters
= 17 u + 8 u
= 25 u
= 25 x 8
= $200
Answer(s): $200
