I want to buy clothes and resell them for profit. It costs $10 to buy one jacket and $6 for one shirt, and I have a total of $500 to buy both the shirts and the jackets. I plan to sell one jacket for $20 and one shirt for $12. If I want to sell all of them for 1200 how many shirts and jackets do I have to buy? Use one of these methods (graphing, elimination, substitution, row operations)

I want to buy clothes and resell them for profit. It costs $10 to buy one jacket and $6 for one shirt, and I have a total of $500 to buy both the shirts and the jackets. I plan to sell one jacket for $20 and one shirt for $12. If I want to sell all of them for 1200 how many shirts and jackets do I have to buy? Use one of these methods (graphing, elimination, substitution, row operations)

Elementary Algebra

17th Edition

ISBN:9780998625713

Author:Lynn Marecek, MaryAnne Anthony-Smith

Publisher:Lynn Marecek, MaryAnne Anthony-Smith

Chapter5: Systems Of Linear Equations

Section5.2: Solve Systems Of Equations By Substitution

Problem 5.48TI: Kenneth currently sells suits for company A at a salary of $22,000 plus a $10 commission for each...

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