Question

George brought a shirt and a pair of pants at a clothing store. The pants cost $5.57 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.

Answer 1

s - 10 = 20.43
s = 20.43 - 10
s = 10.43 <== cost of shirt after coupon is applied

pants are 5.57 more then the shirt...
so pants cost (5.57 + 10.43) = $ 16 <==