digital downloads of new music releases cost $3.00 per song. digital downloads of older music cost $2.00 per song. Susie buys a total of 12 songs and spends $32.00. Represent the problem as a matrix equation. Let x be the number of new songs and y be the number of older songs.

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digital downloads of new music releases cost $3.00 per song.  digital downloads of older music cost $2.00 per song. Susie buys a total of 12 songs and spends $32.00.  Represent the problem as a matrix equation.  Let x be the number of new songs and y be the number of older songs.

anonymous · Answer

it would go something like the picure|dw:1363549064294:dw|

anonymous · Answer

Do you have any idea how to set up this system of equations?

anonymous · Answer

not really   x      12
                      =
                   y     32

but not sure what numbers go in front of the x and y or even how I get those numbers