SOLUTION: Sara and Elizabeth went shopping together. They both bought some dress shirts that cost $25.00 apiece and t-shirts that cost $10.50 apiece. If Sara bought 3 more dress shirts than
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Question 244842: Sara and Elizabeth went shopping together. They both bought some dress shirts that cost $25.00 apiece and t-shirts that cost $10.50 apiece. If Sara bought 3 more dress shirts than Elizabeth and they both bought 4 t-shirts, how many dress shirts did Sara buy if together they spent $309.00 (w/o any tax) on these items?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
dress shirts=d
t shirts=8
25d+10.5*8=309
25d=225
d=9
sara =e+3
sara+e=9
e+3+e=9
2e=6
e=3
Sarah bought 6 dress shirts
Eliz bought 3 dress shirts
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