Valen's shop sells blouses and jumpsuits. A blouse is sold at $28 and a jumpsuit is sold at
14 of the price of the blouse. On Saturday, Valen sold
711 of the items in his shop and collected $364.
27 of the items sold were blouses. How many items were unsold after Saturday?
Price of the jumpsuit
=
14 x 28
= $7
| |
Sold blouses |
Sold jumpsuits |
Unsold items |
Total |
| Number |
2 u |
5 u |
4 u |
11 u |
| Value |
$28 |
$7 |
|
|
| Total value |
56 u |
35 u |
|
|
Total amount collected from selling the blouses and the jumpsuits
= 56 u + 35 u
= 91 u
91 u = 364
1 u = 364 ÷ 91 = 4
Total number of items = 11 u
Number of items sold = 7 u
Number of items unsold
= 11 u - 7 u
= 4 u
= 4 x 4
= 16
Answer(s): 16
