Jerry sold a shirt for $18.40 and a bag for $36.90. He sold 5 times as many shirts as bags. He collected $495.90 more from selling the shirts than the

Question

bags. How many bags did Jerry sell?

Answer 1

Let's start by setting up some equations based on the information given in the problem:

Let's call the number of bags Jerry sold "b".

We know that he sold 5 times as many shirts as bags, so the number of shirts he sold would be 5b.

We also know that he collected $495.90 more from selling shirts than bags, so we can set up an equation based on the difference between the total amount he collected from selling shirts and the total amount he collected from selling bags:

18.40(5b) - 36.90b = 495.90

Now we can solve for b:

92b - 36.90b = 495.90

55.1b = 495.90

b = 9

So Jerry sold 9 bags.