SOLUTION: Candy sold 15 shirts and shorts, totalling $119 in sales. T-shirts cost $7 and shorts cost $5. How many of each did she sell?

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Question 1081865: Candy sold 15 shirts and shorts, totalling $119 in sales. T-shirts cost $7 and shorts cost $5. How many of each did she sell?
Answer by math_helper(2461) About Me  (Show Source):
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T + S = 15   (1) 

7T + 5S = 119 (2)



(1) —>  S = 15 - T



Plug into (2):

     7T + 5(15 - T) = 119

      7T + 75 - 5T = 119

        2T = 119-75 = 44   —> T = 22  —>  S = -7    



There is no realistic solution for the numbers provided.