Question

A clothing store is having a sale. A pair of jeans costs $15 and a shirt costs $8. You spend $131 and buy

a total of 12 items. How many pairs of jeans and shirts do you buy? Write and solve the system of
equations showing work. Make sure to label your answer.

Answer 1

You would buy 7 shirts and 5 jeans.

Explanation:

$8 x 7 = $56

$15 x 5 = $75

$75 + $56 = $131