Zoe paid a total of $280 for a jacket, a shirt and a windbreaker. The jacket cost
17 of the total cost of the shirt and the windbreaker. The windbreaker cost
16 of the total cost of the jacket and the shirt. Find the total cost of the windbreaker and the jacket.
| Jacket |
Shirt |
Windbreaker |
Total |
1x7 =
7 u |
7x7 =
49 u |
8x7 =
56 u |
6x8 =
48 u |
1x8 =
8 u |
7x8 =
56 u |
| 7 u |
41 u |
8 u |
56 u |
Total amount that Zoe paid for the jacket, the shirt and the windbreaker = 56 u
56 u = 280
1 u = 280 ÷ 56 = 5
Total cost of the windbreaker and the jacket
= 7 u + 8 u
= 15 u
= 15 x 5
= $75
Answer(s): $75
