Question

A shirt and an $18 pair of pants cost $33.What is the price of the shirt?

Answer 1

$15

Explanation:

$33- total cost

-$18- pants cost

=$15 for the shirt cost

In other words 33-18=x

15=x

x being the cost of the shirt!

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Answer 2

15 dollars

Explanation:

Since a shirt is an unknown cost, and the pants costs 18 dollars, they costed 33 dollars overall.

In order to find the shirt price, let's subtract the price of the jeans from the total price.

33-18=15

The shirt's price is 15 dollars.