SOLUTION: There are 45 students in a club. 11 of them order small shirts, x order medium, and y order large. The number of students who order medium shirts is 2 less then the number of stude

Question 1107761: There are 45 students in a club. 11 of them order small shirts, x order medium, and y order large. The number of students who order medium shirts is 2 less then the number of students who order large shirts. Write a system of linear equations that represent the number of students who ordered medium and large shirts.
Found 2 solutions by addingup, TeachMath:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L = M + 2 Since the problem says that x is Medium:
L = x + 2
11 + x + x + 2 = 45
13 + 2x = 45
2x = 32
x = 16
L = 16 + 2 = 18
S = 11

Answer by TeachMath(96) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = y - 2
y = 34 - x

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