James purchased 2 T-shirts and a pair of jeans online and paid $80 for his purchase. The next week, the same site was offering a 50% discount on all its clothes. James bought 3 T-shirts and two pairs of jeans for $70. What were the original prices of T-shirts and jeans? (Assume that all T-shirts had the same original price, as did all pairs of jeans.)

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anonymous · Answer

T-shirt, $25; jeans, $30
T-shirt, $20; jeans, $30
T-shirt, $20; jeans, $40
T-shirt, $25; jeans, $35

anonymous · Answer

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ganeshie8 · Answer

setup two equations and solve

ganeshie8 · Answer

say cost of each t-shirt =  $t$
cost of pairof jeans = $j$

ganeshie8 · Answer

`James purchased 2 T-shirts and a pair of jeans online and paid $80 `

$\large 2t + j =  80  ~~~~~~\color{red}{(1)}$

ganeshie8 · Answer

can you write the equation for purchase after discount ?

ganeshie8 · Answer

` James bought 3 T-shirts and two pairs of jeans for $70.`

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anonymous · Answer

Sorry @ganeshie8 i was eating

anonymous · Answer

help