SOLUTION: A T-shirt costs 5 times as much as a singlet. For $800, a trader can buy 32 more singlets than t-shirts. How much does a T-shirt cost?

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Question 1163141: A T-shirt costs 5 times as much as a singlet. For $800, a trader can buy 32
more singlets than t-shirts. How much does a T-shirt cost?

Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, ikleyn:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Instead of doing it for you, I am doing another problem exactly like yours,
with the numbers changed.  I'm doing this one instead:

A T-shirt costs 6 times as much as a singlet. For $900, a trader can buy 34
more singlets than t-shirts. How much does a T-shirt cost?
A singlet costs $x
A T-shirt costs $6x

For $900, a trader can buy $900/($x) = 900/x singlets
For $900, a trader can buy $900/($6x) = 180/x T-shirts

900%2Fx+=+180%2Fx+%2B+34

Multiply through by x

900+=+180+%2B+34x

720+=+34x

21.17647059+=+x

A singlet costs $21.18.

A T-shirt costs $6x = $127.08

Edwin

Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

This problem was solved several years ago at this forum under this link

https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/coordinate/Linear-systems.faq.question.1102854.html

https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/coordinate/Linear-systems.faq.question.1102854.html


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Edwin, please check your solution . . .