Amari went to the mall and spent $47

Question

. 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.

Type your equation:

How much does each pair of socks cost?

The cost of a pair of socks is

Answer 1

To find the cost of each pair of socks, we can first express the total amount Amari spent in terms of the cost of the socks.

Amari spent a total of $47. He bought one shirt for $26 and 3 pairs of socks, each costing \( x \).

The equation representing this situation can be written as:

\[ 26 + 3x = 47 \]

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

1. Subtract 26 from both sides:

\[ 3x = 47 - 26 \]

\[ 3x = 21 \]

2. Divide both sides by 3:

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

\[ x = 7 \]

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