Problema Solution
Shirts.com advertises a limited-time sale, offering one shirt for $15 and two shirts for $25. A total of 1250 shirts are ordered and $16,750 is taken in. How many customers ordered two shirts?
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Let
x = the order of one shirt only for $15
y = the order of two shirts for $25
x + 2y = 1250
15x + 25y = 16750
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x = 450 one shirt orders
y = 400 two shirt orders
400 customers ordered two shirts.