Question

Eight friends started a business. They will wear either a baseball cap or a shirt imprinted with their logo while working. They want to spend exactly $36 on the shirts and caps. Shirts cost $6 each and caps cost $3 each. Write a system of equations to describe the situation. Let c represent the number of shirts and let y represent the number of caps.

Answer 1

Answer:The system of equations to describe the situation are

c + y = 8

6c + 3y = 36

Explanation:

Let c represent the number of shirts.

Let y represent the number of caps.

Eight friends started a business. They will wear either a baseball cap or a shirt imprinted with their logo while working. This means that

c + y = 8 - - - - - - - - - - -1

They want to spend exactly $36 on the shirts and caps. Shirts cost $6 each and caps cost $3 each. This means that

6c + 3y = 36 - - - - - - - - - - 2