Last year the chess team paid per hat and
per shirt for a total purchase of
.
This year they spent to buy the same number of shirts cost
.
Write two system of equation.
\Let represent number hats and
represent number of shirts.
The number of hats and shirts sold is .
\
The number of hats and shirts buy is .
Solve the equation.
\ (First equation)
(Subtract
from each side)
(Apply additive inverse property:
)
(Divide each side by
)
(Cancel common terms)
\
Find .
(Second equation)
(Substitute
)
(Apply distributive property:
)
(Combine like terms)
(Subtract
from each side)
(Apply additive inverse property:
)
(Multiply each side by
)
(Cancel common terms)
Find .
(First equation)
(Substitute
)
(Multiply)
(Subtract:
)
Therefore, the number of hats and shirts brought each year are and
.
The number of hats and shirts brought each year are and
.