Question

You spend 264 dollars on clothes. Shirts cost 24 and pants cost :2 you buy a total of 9 items

Answer 1

EQUATIONS:

24x + 32y = 264

x + y = 9

x is shirts, y is pants

SOLVING by substitution:

x = 9 - y

24(9 - y) + 32y = 264

216 - 24y + 32y = 264

8y = 48

y = 6

x + 6 = 9

x = 3