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you sell bracelets for 2$ each and necklaces for 3$ each at a local flea market. you collected 95$, selling a total of 37 jewelry items. how many of each type of jewelry did you sell?

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use simultaneous equations.
let the number of bracelets be y and necklaces be z.
so
2y + 3z = 95. this is formula 1
y + z = 37. this is formula 2
so from formula 2, we can change that to
y = 37 - z. this is formula 3
sub 3 into 1,
2 (37-z) + 3z = 95
74 - 2z + 3z = 95
z = 21
sub z = 21 into 3,
y = 37 - 21
y = 16
therefore you sold 16 bracelets and 21 necklaces
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