You go shopping and spend $264 on shirts and shorts. You purchase a total of 9 items. Each shirt costs $24 and each pair of shorts cost $32. How many of each did you buy?

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Answer:

3 shirts, 6 shorts

Step-by-step explanation:

A total of $264 is spent during shopping on shirts and shorts

Each shirt costs $24

Each shorts cost $32

Therefore the quantity of shirts and shorts bought can be calculated as follows

24× 3= 72

32×6= 192

192+72= 264

Hence 3 shirts and 6 shorts were bought