The school store is selling shirts at cost for $5.50 and Jackets for $12. The volleyball coach spent $208 to buy a total of 26 shirts and jackets. How many shirts did they buy?​

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Answer:

16 shirts.

Step-by-step explanation:

You can make a system of equations

x + y = 26

5.50x + 12y = 208

You can solve this in many ways, however  chose to graph using desmos. I got that x = 16, and y = 10.