Question

3. For the school Band, Marcia decides to order t-shirts for all of the participants. It will

cost $4 per shirt for the medium size and $5 per shirt for the large size. Marcia orders
a total of 70 T-shirts and spends $320. Determine the two linear equations to
represent the information. [4A) **Hint: One equation is for amount of t-shirts and the second is
for money. YOU DO NOT NEED TO SOLVE,
Let x represent number of medium size shirts
Let y represent total large size shirts

Answer 1

4x+5y = 320

x+y = 70

Explanation:

We need one equation for the total number of shirts, and one for the total cost.

Total number = 70

So that means medium shirts + large shirts = 70

So our first equation is x+y = 70

Total cost = $320

So that means $4 times medium shirts + $5 times large shirts = 320

So our second equation is 4x+5y = 320