document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1085946>Question 1085946</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There is a huge clearance sale at your favorite clothing store.  Shirts are on sale for $3 and pants are on<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sale for $7.  You buy a total of 13 items from the store and pay a total of $71.  Write a system of equations and solve using substitution or elimination to find how many shirts and how many pants you have purchased.  You must show all your work.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #700066 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=700066\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x=shirts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=pants<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=13, number equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+7y=71, money equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply top by -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x-3y=-39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add to the bottom one<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y=32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=8 pants@$7=$56.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5 shirts@$3=$15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add to $71, </SPAN>\n" );
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