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Cumulative Exam — Cumulative exam

Question 50 • LHS Algebra I

The 10th-grade class officers ordered t-shirts and sweatshirts to sell as a fundraiser. Each t-shirt weighed of a pound, and each sweatshirt weighed of a pound. The total weight of the contents of the box was pounds. Which equation written in standard form represents the number of t-shirts, t, and the number of sweatshirts, s, that were ordered?

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Answer
A
StartFraction one-half EndFraction t plus StartFraction 3 Over 4 EndFraction s equals 43 and StartFraction 3 Over 4 EndFraction
Option A
B
StartFraction 3 Over 4 EndFraction s equals negative StartFraction one-half EndFraction s plus 43 and StartFraction 3 Over 4 EndFraction.
Option B
C
2t + 3s = 175
D
3s = –2t + 175