Question

The school store sells Midville High T-shirts for $12 each and Midville High gym shorts for $9 a pair. One afternoon they sold a total of 53 T-shirts and pairs of shorts for a total of $570 . How many T-shirts did they sell and how many pairs of shorts did they sell?

Answer 1

The store sold 21 T-shirts and 18 pairs of shorts.

Explanation:

x = the number of T-shirts sold

y = the number of pairs of shorts sold

x + y = 53

12x + 9y = 570

x = 21 T-shirts

y = 18 shorts