Bailey buy two shirts the blue shirt costs $13 which is $2.50 more than the price of the red shirt what is the cost of the red shirt write and solve an equation to find the answer using R to represent the cost of the red shirt

Answer 1

To find the cost of the red shirt, we can set up the equation based on the information given in the problem:

1. The cost of the blue shirt is $13.
2. The blue shirt costs $2.50 more than the red shirt.

Let \( R \) represent the cost of the red shirt. According to the problem, we can express the cost of the blue shirt in terms of \( R \):

\[ R + 2.50 = 13 \]

Now, we can solve for \( R \):

1. Subtract 2.50 from both sides of the equation: \[ R = 13 - 2.50 \]

2. Calculate the right side: \[ R = 10.50 \]

So, the cost of the red shirt is $10.50.