A school bought several pairs of skis, each costing $40 and several pairs of skates, each costing $50. the cost of the whole purchase was $600. how many pairs of skates were purchased if in total there were 13 items bought?

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India Lam

Mathematics

22 March, 11:24

A school bought several pairs of skis, each costing $40 and several pairs of skates, each costing $50. the cost of the whole purchase was $600. how many pairs of skates were purchased if in total there were 13 items bought?

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Fatima Perkins · Answer 1

To answer this item, we let x and y be the number of pair of skis and skates, respectively. The equations that would best represent the given situation are,

40x + 50y = 600

x + y = 13

The values of x and y from the equation above are 5 and 8, respectively. Thus, the school bought 8 pairs of skates.