Company XYZ sells Cleveland Indians T-shirts and sweatshirts.  Each T-shirt requires 6.5 hours of labor to make and each sweatshirt requires 12.5 hours of labor.  If 340 total T-shirts and sweatshirts can be made in 3,752 hours, how many of each item was made?

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Directions: Define 2 varibles, write 2 equations, and solve the system of equations.  Answer the question(s) asked using correct units.

Company XYZ sells Cleveland Indians T-shirts and sweatshirts.  Each T-shirt requires 6.5 hours of labor to make and each sweatshirt requires 12.5 hours of labor.  If 340 total T-shirts and sweatshirts can be made in 3,752 hours, how many of each item was made?

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