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Simple Cuts is a hair salon that offers two types of haircuts: a buzz cut and a flat-top. Jerry charges $9 for a buzz cut and $13 for a flat-top. If Jerry made $600 one day and knows that he cut three times as many buzzes as flat-tops, how many flat-tops did he cut that day?

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Make a system:


3x=y

9x+13y=600

Substitute 3x for y:

16y = 600

y = 37.5

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