SOLUTION: A boutique sells blouses and purses. The blouses cost $34 each and the purses cost $44 each. On a certain day the store sells twice as many blouses as purses. If the store sold $56

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Question 1133791: A boutique sells blouses and purses. The blouses cost $34 each and the purses cost $44 each. On a certain day the store sells twice as many blouses as purses. If the store sold $560 worth of these two items on that day, how many of each were sold?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
very simple application for system of two linear equations in two variables.

b, blouses
p, purses
b%2Fp=2

Maybe you can see how to set this up in just one single variable!