Question

A dormitory manager buys 38 bed sheets and 61 towels for $791.50. The manager get another 54 bed sheets and 50 towels for $923 from the same store. What is the cost of one bed sheet and one towel?
$15 and $10

$13.50 and $7.50

$12 and $5.50

$10.50 and $3

Answer 1

For the answer to the question above, let us make an equation.
Let x be the cost of each bed sheet and y be the cost of each of the towel. It is represented by this equation
38x + 61y = 791.50
54x + 50y = 923
Solving for x and y in the equation gives,
x = 12 
y = 5.5.
 
1 bedsheet costs $12 and each towel costs $5.5.