Aisha owns an apparel store. She bought some shirts and jeans from a wholesaler for $3,900. Each shirt cost $12 and each pair of

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Aisha owns an apparel store. She bought some shirts and jeans from a wholesaler for $3,900. Each shirt cost $12 and each pair of

jeans cost $28. If she sold the shirts at 70% profit and jeans at 125% profit, her total profit was $3,885. How many shirts and jeans did she buy from the wholesalers? 101 shirts and 96 jeans

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kifflom [539] · Answer 1 · 2023-10-23T21:14:20+03:00

kifflom [539]2 years ago

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Answer:

The correct answer would be:

Step-by-step explanation:

150-shirts

75-jeans

Lilit [14] · Answer 2 · 2023-10-23T19:00:00+03:00

For this case we can define the following variables:
x: shirt
y: jeans
We write the following system of equations:
12x + 28y = 3900
8.4x + 35y = 3885
We solve the system of equations:
x = 150
y = 75
Note: see attached image for the solution of the system:
Answer:
she bougth from the wholesalers
150 shirts
75 jeans