Cody's shop sells sweaters and jumpsuits. A sweater is sold at $72 and a jumpsuit is sold at
12 of the price of the sweater. On Tuesday, Cody sold
57 of the items in his shop and collected $504.
25 of the items sold were sweaters. How many items were unsold after Tuesday?
Price of the jumpsuit
=
12 x 72
= $36
| |
Sold sweaters |
Sold jumpsuits |
Unsold items |
Total |
| Number |
2 u |
3 u |
2 u |
7 u |
| Value |
$72 |
$36 |
|
|
| Total value |
144 u |
108 u |
|
|
Total amount collected from selling the sweaters and the jumpsuits
= 144 u + 108 u
= 252 u
252 u = 504
1 u = 504 ÷ 252 = 2
Total number of items = 7 u
Number of items sold = 5 u
Number of items unsold
= 7 u - 5 u
= 2 u
= 2 x 2
= 4
Answer(s): 4
