darkhunter1315 darkhunter1315
  • 01-10-2018
  • Mathematics
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In August Emily’s clothing store sold 460 shirts with the ration of short sleeve to long sleeve being 3:7. How many short sleeve shirts where sold?

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mlgreco10 mlgreco10
  • 02-10-2018

138 short sleve shirts

step 1) add up the ratio of short to long sleve shirts: 3 + 7 = 10

step 2) divide the total # of shirts by 10: 460 / 10 = 46

step 3) because you are finding how many short sleeve shirts are sold, you multiply 46 x 3 = 138 short sleave shirts

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