At a certain store, the price of a pair of shoes is twenty dollars more than three times the price of a pair of jeans and the price of a sweater is forty percent more than the price of a pair of shoes. If the price of a pair of jeans is j dollars at this store, then what is the price, in dollars, of a pair of shoes, a sweater and a pair of jeans, in terms of j ? Pick one
A) 1.5j + 10 B) 3j + 20 C) 4.5j + 30 D) 8.2j + 48 E) 8.5j + 50
Ans 8.2j + 48   Given   Price of Jeans = J   Price of shoes = 20+3J   Price of Sweater = 1.5(20+3J)   Total Price of all three items = J+20+3J+1.4(20+3J) = 48+8.2J
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At a certain store, the price of a pair of shoes is twenty dollars more than three times the price of a pair of jeans and the price of a sweater is forty percent more than the price of a pair of shoes. If the price of a pair of jeans is j dollars at this store, then what is the price, in dollars, of a pair of shoes, a sweater and a pair of jeans, in terms of j ?