document.write( "Question 863660: Stan spent $167 on shirts. The button shirts cost $27 each, and the t-shirts cost $8 each. He bought a total of 9 shirts. How many of each did he buy? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x represent number of button shirts ... the number of t-shirts
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document.write( "27x + 8(9-x) = 167   
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document.write( "       19x = 95
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document.write( "         x = 5, number of button shirts.  4 t-shirts
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