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Marcus plans to spend $72 at a local clothing store that sells t-shirts for $8 each and jeans for $12 each, sales tax included. This scenario is modeled by 8x + 12y = 72, where X represents the number of t-shirts purchased and y represents the number of jeans purchased.

What point on the graph represents Marcus' purchase if it consisted of only t-shirts?

Option
A. The x intercept (9,0)
B. The y intercept (0,6)
C. The x intercept (6,0)
D. The y intercept of (0,9)

Marcus plans to spend $72 at a local clothing store that sells t-shirts for $8 each-example-1
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Answer:

a. the x intercept (9,0)

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