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?
Answer
A
StartFraction one-half EndFraction t plus StartFraction 3 Over 4 EndFraction s equals 43 and StartFraction 3 Over 4 EndFraction
B
StartFraction 3 Over 4 EndFraction s equals negative StartFraction one-half EndFraction s plus 43 and StartFraction 3 Over 4 EndFraction.