T-shirts at a flea market cost $4.50 each and shorts cost $6 each. You have $108. Write an equation in standard form that models the possible combinations of t-shirts (t) and shorts (s) you can buy.

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Mary Duke

18 December, 08:40

T-shirts at a flea market cost $4.50 each and shorts cost $6 each. You have $108. Write an equation in standard form that models the possible combinations of t-shirts (t) and shorts (s) you can buy.

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Xavier Cross · Answer 1

4.50t + 6s = 108

Kyler Boone · Answer 2

4.50t + 6s = 108.

Step-by-step explanation:

You might buy 8 t-shirts and 12 shorts.

That would come to:

8 * 4.50 + 12 * 6

= 36 + 72 = $108 exactly.