Question

Student Council sold caps and shirts as a fundraiser. The caps cost $5 and the

shirts cost $10. They made $650 on the fundraiser. If they sold a total of 80
caps and shirts, how many of them were skirts? *Just set up the system*

Answer 1

x+y=80 and 5x+10y=650 system of equations can be used to solve for the number of shirts sold.

Explanation:

Given that:

Cost of each cap = $5

Cost of each shirt = $10

Total amount made = $650

Total caps and shirts sold = 80

Let,

x be the number of caps sold

y be the number of shirts sold.

According to given statement;

x+y=80

5x+10y=650

Hence,

x+y=80 and 5x+10y=650 system of equations can be used to solve for the number of shirts sold.