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11. Christine had one dress and three sweaters
cleaned at the dry cleaner and the charge
was $19.50. The next week, she had two
dresses and two sweaters cleaned for a
total charge of $23.00.
a. Let d represent the price of cleaning a
dress and s represent the price of
cleaning a sweater. Write a system of
linear equations to represent the prices
of cleaning each item.
b. Solve the system of equations using
substitution or elimination. Explain
your choice of method.
c. What will the charge be if Christine
takes two dresses and four sweaters
to be cleaned?