Question

George bought a shirt and a pair of pants at a clothing store. The pants cost $5.23 more than the shirt, and he used a $10 off coupon to purchase the shirt. The equation below is used to determine the cost of the shirt before the coupon, s.

s - $10 = $20.83

How much did the pants cost?
A.
$30.83
B.
$26.06
C.
$25.60
D.
$36.06

Answer 1

the shirt is 30.83

so the pants is 36.06

you could of solved this equation by adding 10 to both sides to find s, then add 5.23.