Question

Kali spent half of her weekly allowance on clothes. To earn more money her parents let her clean the gutters for $9. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with $13?

Answer 1

Minus 9$ from the 13$ after you get the answer then double it you should come out with the correct answer

Answer 2

So to find the answer to this, you have to consider that $\frac{1}{2} x + 9 = 13$ - half because half the pocket money (x) was spend on clothes, then plus 9 because that's how much extra she gained and 13 because that was the result of all the changes.

To solve this, first subtract 9 from both side, which leaves you with $\frac{1}{2} x = 4$ and $\frac{1}{2} x$ is the same as $\frac{1x}{2}$, so to solve this, multiply both sides of the equation by two, resulting in $x = 8$. SO from this we can conclude that the weekly allowance is $8