Aroad from peter's house and a road from sarah's house meet at their school at a right angle. the post office is 5 miles east of the school and 3 miles north of peter's house. what is the distance from sarah's house to the post office.

The students at jefferson middle school are raising money for a charity by selling t-shirts and hats. the number of t-shirts sold was 3 times the number of hats. the profit was $5 for each t-shirt sold and $2.50 for each hat sold. the students raised $840 for the charity. they used the system below to analyze their success and found the solution to be (144, 48). 5x+2.50y=840 x=3y how much did they earn from t-shirt sales?