Two brothers went shopping at a back-to-school sale where all shirts were the same price, and all the shorts too. The younger br
other spent $76 on 8 new shirts and 3 pairs of shorts. The older brother purchased 3 new shirts and 9 pairs of shorts and paid a total of $123. How much did each item cost?
To write it as a fraction first count the number of decimals and call it (which, in our case, has a value of 3). Multiply the number with to get . Then divide this number by to get from here you can either simplify (if the assignment says so, then the simplified fraction is ) or not.