At the bargain store , tanya bought 3 items that each cost the same amount. tony bought 5 items that each cost the same amount but each was 1.50 less than the the items that tanya bought. both tony and tanya paid the same amount of money. what was the individual cost of each person's items

 The required individual cost of Tanya's items is 2.25 and that of Tony's items is 3.75.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that at the bargain store , Tanya bought 3 items that each cost the same amount.

Tony bought 5 items that each cost the same amount but each was 1.50 less than the the items that Tanya bought. both Tony and Tanya paid the same amount of money.

We are to find the individual cost of each person's items.

Let x and y represents the individual cost of Tanya's items and Tony's items respectively.

Then, according to the given information, we have

and

From equation (i), we get

Thus, the required individual cost of Tanya's items is 2.25 and that of Tony's items is 3.75.