You bought 5 pairs of socks for $19. The wool socks you bought cost five dollars per pair. The cotton socks you bought cost three dollars per pair. How many of each type of sock did you buy? Show work

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Amelie

17 February, 15:34

You bought 5 pairs of socks for $19. The wool socks you bought cost five dollars per pair. The cotton socks you bought cost three dollars per pair. How many of each type of sock did you buy? Show work

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Yamilet · Answer 1

Yamilet 17 February, 16:39

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2 wool socks and 3 cotton socks

Judith Pineda · Answer 2

Two wools x

three cotton y

5x+3y=19

x+y=5. - - > y = - x+5

5x+3 (-x+5) = 19

5x-3x+15=19

2x = 4

x = 2

x+y=5

2+y=5

y=3

5 (2) + 3 (3) = 19

10+9=19

19=19

this is how you properly solve it