How much more do you spend by purchasing the luxury items from the table below?

name brand jeans $35.95 store brand jeans $19.95
store brand sneakers $15.98 name brand sneakers $34.65
store brand shirt $9.40 name brand shirt $15.30
name brand socks (3 pairs) $6.99 store brand socks (3 pairs) $4.99
store brand dress shoes $29.75 name brand dress shoes $42.96
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You spend $55.78 more by purchasing the luxury items

Using the table entries as a point of reference, the name brand items represent the luxury items.

So, we start by calculating the total of the name brand items

Next, calculate the total of the store brand items

Lastly, calculate the difference between the above totals

Hence,  you spend $55.78 more by purchasing the luxury items

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answer: all of the odd numbers were opened

the first person was the one that was opening all of the lockers. since one is odd, this causes all of the odd number lockers to be opened in the end.