SOLUTION: the dance club spent 922 to buy 40 hats and pairs of shoes. each hat cost 19 and each pair of shoes cost 25. how many pairs of shoes did the dance club buy?

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Question 1077294: the dance club spent 922 to buy 40 hats and pairs of shoes. each hat cost 19 and each pair of shoes cost 25. how many pairs of shoes did the dance club buy?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.H%2BS=40
2.19H%2B25S=922
From 1,
19H%2B19S=760
Subtract this from 2 to eliminate H,
19H%2B25S-19H-19S=922-760
6S=162
Solve for S, then use either equation to solve for H.