• The labor and material for renovating a building totaled $25,475. Of this amount,
70% went for labor and the balance for
materials. Determine: (a) the labor cost,
and (b) the material cost.

What’s the labor cost and the material cost?

The students at jefferson middle school are raising money for a charity by selling t-shirts and hats. the number of t-shirts sold was 3 times the number of hats. the profit was $5 for each t-shirt sold and $2.50 for each hat sold. the students raised $840 for the charity. they used the system below to analyze their success and found the solution to be (144, 48). 5x+2.50y=840 x=3y how much did they earn from t-shirt sales?