SOLUTION: Carla and Benicio work in a men's clothing store. They earn commission from each suit and each pair of shoes they sell.Fo selling 3 suits and one pair of shoes, Carloa has earned $

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Question 432654: Carla and Benicio work in a men's clothing store. They earn commission from each suit and each pair of shoes they sell.Fo selling 3 suits and one pair of shoes, Carloa has earned $47 in commission. For selling 7 suits and 2 pairs of shoes, Benicio has earned $107 in comission. How much do the salespeopole earn for the sale of a suit? For the sale of a pair of shoes?
Answer by jorel1380(3719)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solved by pluggable solver: Linear System solver (using determinant)
Solve:


Any system of equations:


has solution

or



(x=13, y=8}


Thus they earn $13 commission on each suit, and $8 for each pair of shoes.
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