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You buy two shirts and one sweater for $60 and your sister gets one shirt and two sweaters for $75 how much is a sweater

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Answer:

$30 for a sweater

Explanation:

Let's say x is shirts and y is sweaters.

2x+y=60

x+2y=75

We can see that a sweater costs $15 more than a shirt.

You can sort of just guess and check since you cannot solve this using equations.

Let's guess shirts cost $15 and sweaters cost $30

(2×15)+30=

30+30=

60

These prices are correct for our first equation.

15+(30×2)=

15+60=

75

These prices are correct for our second equation.

If the prices both fit, then this must be the correct answer for both of the prices.

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