The price of a shirt is 100 dollars. The store manager gives a discount of 50 dollars. A man and his brother bought 4 shirts and then share the cost with his brother. Write a numerical expression to represent this situation and then find the price paid by each brother.

Answer 1

sounds like there are 2 brothers. So did the 2nd brother pay 1/3 of the whole cost, or just 1/2 of the amount the other brother spent? If the first, then

Is the discount $50 on the whole order, or on each shirt? If the first, then each person paid

(4 * 100 - 50)/3 = 350/3 = ___

If some other scenario, then make the necessary adjustments.

Answer 2

(100 - 50) * 4 / 2
50 * 4 / 2
200 / 2
100