Homework Help: algebra

Posted by Matt on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:13pm.

the student store sells schools supplies,hats,and t-shirts with NAMS printed on them.The person who counted the hats and t-shirts can't remember exactly how many of each there were but he does remeber these 2 facts:
-there were four times as many t-shirts as hats
-there were 54 more t-shirts than hats.
How many t-shirts and hats were in the store.

algebra - Reiny, Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:29pm
t= 4h

t-h =54

sub the first into the second and solve

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