Amari went to the mall and spent

. 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:

1 answer

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.