Amari went to the mall and spent

Question

. He bought one shirt for
and he bought 3 pairs of socks. Each pair of socks cost the same amount of money.

PART A

Write an equation that can be used to find the cost of each pair of socks. Use
to represent the cost of each pair of socks.

Type your equation:

Answer 1

To write an equation for the total amount Amari spent, we can define the variables as follows:

• Let $x$ represent the cost of each pair of socks.
• Let $S$ represent the cost of the shirt.

The total amount Amari spent at the mall can be represented as:

$$S+3x=T$$

where $T$ is the total amount Amari spent.

This equation shows that the cost of the shirt plus the cost of 3 pairs of socks equals the total amount spent.