Question

Jessa wanted to buy 4 new pairs of socks and she had $25 to do so. Write the equation that Jessa could use to determine how much each pair of socks would cost. How much could each pair of socks cost according to your equation? (Show all of your work)

Answer 1

Jessica has $25 to buy 4 new pairs of socks

So the money she spends towards each pair of socks is $\frac{25}{4}$

So each pair of socks would cost $6.25

Hence if the cost equation for x , where x is the number of socks

c(x) = 6.25x

the cost of one pair mulitplied by the number of pairs needed