1. When the fundraiser began, 600 people wanted to purchase the dance troupe’s T-shirts at $12 per T-shirt, but as the group increased the price of their T-shirts, they noticed a fall in the demand. For every $1 increase in price, the demand fell by 50 shirts. The dance troupe’s initial supply was short by 210 T-shirts which corresponded to an initial price of $9.75. For every $1 increase in price, they ordered 40 more T-shirts. Write a system of linear equations to represent both the demand and supply for the T-shirts. Let q represent the quantity of T-shirts and p represent the price.

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 I am pretty sure this is what you do....
q = px + 600   p = 600/q

Let q represent the quantity of T-shirts and $p represent the price

For demand, q=600 when p=$12

For every $1 increase in price, the demand fell by 50 shirts

600 - q = 50*(p-12)

600 - q = 50p - 600

q = 1200 - 50p


For supply, q=210 when p=9.75

For every $1 increase in price, they ordered 40 more T-shirts.

q - 210 = 40*(p-9.75)

q = 40p - 170