Amari went to the mall and spent

Question

$47. He bought one shirt for $26
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
X to represent the cost of each pair of socks.
How much does each pair of socks cost?

The cost of a pair of socks is

Answer 1

Let's define the cost of each pair of socks as \( X \).

Amari spent a total of $47. He bought one shirt for $26 and 3 pairs of socks. The total cost of the 3 pairs of socks can be represented as \( 3X \).

We can write the equation representing the total amount spent:

\[ 26 + 3X = 47 \]

Now, to find the cost of each pair of socks, we can solve this equation for \( X \):

1. Subtract 26 from both sides:

\[ 3X = 47 - 26 \]

\[ 3X = 21 \]

2. Divide both sides by 3:

\[ X = \frac{21}{3} \]

\[ X = 7 \]

Therefore, the cost of each pair of socks is $7.