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
.