Jaafar owns a total of 50 shares of stock, some in Under Armour and some in Hershey

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Jaafar owns a total of 50 shares of stock, some in Under Armour and some in Hershey Company. On a particular day, Under Armour stock closed at $73 per share and Hershey Company stock closed at $85 per share. If Jaafar’s stock for these companies was worth $4070, how many shares of each type of stock does he own?


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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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