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.