A store sold 50 shirts. The blue ones, b, sold for $6 each and the white ones, w, sold for $5 each. $270 dollars worth of shirts were sold. Which system of equations best represents this situation.

A. B+w=270
6b+5w=50
B. B+w=270
5b+6w=50
C. B+w=50
5b+6w=270
D. B+w=50
6b+5w=270

Question

A store sold 50 shirts. The blue ones, b, sold for $6 each and the white ones, w, sold for $5 each. $270 dollars worth of shirts were sold. Which system of equations best represents this situation. 

A. B+w=270
    6b+5w=50
B. B+w=270
    5b+6w=50
C. B+w=50
    5b+6w=270
D. B+w=50
     6b+5w=270

anonymous · Answer

D.

anonymous · Answer

the number of blue shirts sold + the number of white shirts sold = 50. That narrow it down to C and D.

anonymous · Answer

The blue shirts soldfor $6 each and the white shirts sold for $5 each. so 6*b+5w=$270.