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8th grade solving systems you spend $264 on clothes. shirts cost $24 and pants cost $32. you buy a total of 9 items.
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8th grade solving systems

you spend $264 on clothes. shirts cost $24 and pants cost $32. you buy a total of 9 items.

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Yeah uh what the dude above me said-
User Jme
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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
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