Question

Mr. Fortuna paid cash for shoes totaling $114.58 for his family. He now has $62.17 left in his wallet. Write an equation that could be used to find out how much money, m, Mr. Fortuna had before his shoe purchase.

Answer 1

x-$114.58=$62.17

x is the amount of money he has before his shoe purchase, and if you subtract the amount of money he spent on his shoes, then you would have the money left over, so if you add the amount of money left over and the amount of money spent on shoes, you get the amount of money in his wallet before he bought shoes

Answer 2

you do m=114.58+62.17