Question

4. The price of a sweater is $5 less than the price of the shirt. If four sweaters and

three shirts cost $200, find the cost of each shirt and sweater.

Answer 1

Form an equation:

let x be the price of a shirt

Then, the price of a sweater would be x - 5

So you would have:

4(x - 5) + 3x = 200

simplify

4x - 20 + 3x = 200

7x - 20 = 200

add 20 to both sides

7x = 220

divide both sides by 7

x = about 31.43

That means the cost of the sweater would be 31.43 - 5 = 26.43