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Marcus is selling t-shirts at the State Fair. He brings 200 shirts to sell. He has long-sleeve and short-sleeved T-shirts for sale. On the first day of the fair, he sells __ 1 2 of his long-sleeved T-shirts and __ 1 3 of his short-sleeved T-shirts for a total of 80 T-shirts sold. How many of each type of T-shirt did Marcus bring to the fair?

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Let x = number of long sleeve shirts Let y = number of short sleeve shirts x + y = 200 x/2 + y/3 = 80 Now solve this pair of simultaneous equations to find x and y.
99 for long sleeves and 101 for short sleeves.