Lou's Shoes is having its annual Flag Day Sale and is offering a 25% discount on all regularly priced shoes. Kayla spends $13.50 buying sandals and sneakers. Determine which equation represents how much Kayla will spend on sandals after the discount. $13.50 = 0.75(x + 10) $13.50 – 10 = 0.75x $13.50 + 10 = 0.75x $13.50 = 0.25(x + 10)

So the first thing we do is to multiply the top equation by 3. the reason i want to do this is i notice there will be a 6y on both equations and can possibly add/subtract them. so we get 6y = -3x + 27. adding that and the second equation we get 6x = 27-15 which is 12. divide by 6 and we get 2. ∴ x = 2. substituting 2 into the first equation we get 2y = -2 + 9 which is 7. divide by 2 and we get 7/2. ∴ y = 7/2, x = 2.