SOLUTION: Mrs.Suarez bought 3 pairs of jeans and 5 shirts for $441. If each pair of jeans cost as much as each shirt, What was the price of each pair of jeans? What was the price of each s

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Question 657394: Mrs.Suarez bought 3 pairs of jeans and 5 shirts for $441. If each pair of jeans cost as much as each shirt,
What was the price of each pair of jeans?
What was the price of each shirt?
I am not sure about the formula I've put together for this question;

x=36.75
And I've gathered if that is the price of a shirt, then the price of a pair of jeans must be $24.50.
But when I plugged in those two values to the original equation, it didnt check out.
What am I doing wrong?

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Mrs.Suarez bought pairs of jeans () and shirts ( for $.
If each pair of jeans cost as much as each shirt", then

so,
then we have ....solve for




...........the price of each pair of jeans
of jeans cost
and
shirts (

check the sum:



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