Question

A clothing store and purchased two times as many dresses and skirts. The total number of new items in the inventory were 120. How many of each were purchased?

Answer 1

80 dresses and 40 skirts were bought.

Explanation:

Ratio of dresses to skirts = 2:1 (adds up to 3)

120 ÷ 3 = 40

40 x 2 = 80

40 x 1 = 40