Question

Solve.

4 Alberto is saving money to buy a pair of shoes that cost
$58. He has already saved $32. He still needs to save
d dollars.
a. Write an equation so that one side of the equation
represents the cost of the shoes.​

Answer 1

32 + c = 58

Explanation:

Answer 2

Givens

• The pair of shoes cost $58.
• He saved $32.
• He still need to save
  `d` dollars to buy them.

Basically, if you analyse the problem, you'll deduct that the sum between his saving and the dollars missing, that must be equalt to the cost of the pair of shoes. All this can be expressed as

`\$32 + d = \$58`

Which we can solve for
`d`

`d=\$58 - \$ 32 \\d= \$26`

Now, if we need to express the situation generally, it would be

`s+d=c`

Where
`s` refers to savings,
`d` refers to dollars missing and
`c` refers to the cost of the pair of shoes.