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You bought 5 pairs of socks for $19. The wool socks you bought cost five dollars per pair. The cotton socks you bought cost three dollars per pair. How many of each type of sock did you buy? Show work

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2 wool socks and 3 cotton socks
User Jakehallas
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two wools x
three cotton y

5x+3y=19
x+y=5. --> y= -x+5

5x+3(-x+5)=19
5x-3x+15=19
2x= 4

x= 2

x+y=5
2+y=5

y=3


5(2)+3(3)=19
10+9=19
19=19
this is how you properly solve it
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