Mr. Rose spent $63 for a sport jacket and a pair of slacks. If the jacket cost $33 more than the slacks, how much did he pay for each?

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Mr. Rose spent $63 for a sport jacket and a pair of slacks. If the jacket cost $33 more than the slacks, how much did he pay for each?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-01T17:31:41

I found Jacket #$48# and slacks #$15#.

Explanation:

Call the cost of the jacket #j# and of the slacks #s#; you get:
#{(j+s=63),(j=s+33):}#
Substitute the second into the first:
#s+33+s=63#
#2s=30#
#s=30/2=$15# for the slacks and back into the second:
#j=13+33=$48# for the jacket.

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Mr. Rose spent $63 for a sport jacket and a pair of slacks. If the jacket cost $33 more than the slacks, how much did he pay for each?

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