contestada

You spend $264 on clothes. Shirts cost $2 and pants cost $32. You buy a total of 9 items. Write a system of linear equations that represent this situation.

Respuesta :

tramserran

Answer:  [tex]\left \{ {{x + y = 9} \atop {2x + 32y = 264}} \right[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

                   Quantity              Cost

Shirts                x                        $2x   -->$2 for each shirt

Pants               y                        $32y  --> $32 for each pair of pants

Total:                9                       $264

                         ↓                            ↓

         Quantity:   x + y = 9          Cost:  2x + 32y = 264

The two equations for the system will be the Quantity equation and the Cost equation.