Question

The school store is selling shirts at cost for $5.50 and Jackets for $12. The volleyball coach spent $208 to buy a total of 26 shirts and jackets. How many shirts did they buy?​

Answer 1

16 shirts.

Explanation:

You can make a system of equations

x + y = 26

5.50x + 12y = 208

You can solve this in many ways, however chose to graph using desmos. I got that x = 16, and y = 10.