SOLUTION: A baseball coach ordered uniforms for her varsity and JV teams. She ordered one uniform for each player on the team. Each varsity uniform cost $57. Each junior varsity uniform cost

Question 1023240: A baseball coach ordered uniforms for her varsity and JV teams. She ordered one uniform for each player on the team. Each varsity uniform cost $57. Each junior varsity uniform cost $51. She spent $234 more on varsity uniforms than on her JV team uniforms. She ordered 42 uniforms in all. What system of linear equations will represent this scenario?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, how many junior uniforms
y, how many varsity uniforms

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51x and 57y are the costs for the uniforms, and the cost difference. The members of this equation are integrally divisible by 3, allowing simplification to .

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