Jack works in a sporting goods store. He sells baseball gloves and bats. The following equations represent the number of gloves and bats that he sold during his last shift, where x represents gloves and y represents bats.

29x+14y=647
29x+29y=812

Solve the system of equations to determine the number of gloves sold.

Question

Jack works in a sporting goods store. He sells baseball gloves and bats. The following equations represent the number of gloves and bats that he sold during his last shift, where x represents gloves and y represents bats.

29x+14y=647
29x+29y=812

Solve the system of equations to determine the number of gloves sold.

anonymous · Answer

is this chapter about matrixes or substitution?

pengy120 · Answer

substitution

anonymous · Answer

ok, so, we will pick either equation and set it equal to either x or y, 
can you do this?

pengy120 · Answer

oh sorry  i thought this was another problemm i put up, i solved this one, thank you for your time anyways!

anonymous · Answer

haha ok ^_^