SOLUTION: 19. A store sold a total of 23 shirts. The total value of the sales was $310, with short-sleeved shirts selling for $10 each and long-sleeved shirts selling for $20 each. Which sys

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Question 1073446: 19. A store sold a total of 23 shirts. The total value of the sales was $310, with short-sleeved shirts selling for $10 each and long-sleeved shirts selling for $20 each. Which system of equations represents the situation?
Answer by ikleyn(52802)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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  x +   y = 23,     (1)
10x + 20y = 310.    (2)

x = the number of short-sleeved shirts.
y = the number of  long-sleeved shirts.


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