Question

Hakim Buy some socks that cost five dollars each and two shirts that. cost $12 . The cost of hakim total purchase is $39 . Write an equati on that can be used to find n, the number of socks that hakim buys

Answer 1

This is the equation
$39 = (2)12 + 5n$


and the solution is:
$39 = 12(2) + 5n \\ 39 = 24 + 5n \\ 39 - 24 = 5n \\ 15 = 5n \\ n = 3$
he bought 3 socks



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