A local Walmart sells sweatpants ($7)and jackets ($14). If total sales were $6,160 and customers bought 8 times as many sweatpants as jackets, what would be the number of jackets sold?
A)880
B)8
C)88
D)8,880
E)None of these

Question

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Let the number of jackets sold be x.
Then the number of sweatpants sold is 8x.
Total sales amount can be expressed as:
14x + 7(8x) = 6160
Solving for x, we get x = 88.
Therefore, the number of jackets sold is 88, which is option C.

A Local Walmart Sells Sweatpants ($7)and Jackets ($14)