Question

In a certain clothing store, 6 shirts and 3 ties cost $79.50, and 3 shirts and 2 ties cost $41. Determine the cost of each tie.


$2.50
$3.50
$4.50

Answer 1

your job is the unenviable task of solving
\[6x+3y=79.50\\3x+2y=41\]

Answer 2

damn that was wrong lets try again
multiply the second one by \(-2\) and get
\[6x+3y=79.50\\-6x-4y=-82\] add and get \[-y=-2.50\] making \(y=2.50\)