document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1010495>Question 1010495</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Five shirts and three pair of stacks cost $172. Three of the same shirts and four pair of the same stacks cost $156. How much does each shirt cost? How much does each pair of stacks cost? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #625949 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=625949\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Call the prices of shirts and slacks, x and y.  Then we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + 3y = 172 and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 4y = 156<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's multiply the top by 3 and the bottom by 5 and subtract them, giving us<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x + 9y = 516<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(15x + 20y = 780)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-11y = - 264<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = $24 for slacks, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + 3(24) = 172<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + 72 = 172<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = $20 for shirts </SPAN>\n" );
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