Question

The total cost of a jacket and a pair of shoes was $99.15. if the price of the jacket was $5.81 less than the pair of shoes, what was the price of the jacket? express your answer as a simplified fraction or a decimal rounded to two places.

Answer 1

Let x = price of shoes
Then price of jacket would be x - 5.81
Combining the two would give you
x + x - 5.81 = 99.15
combining like terms simplifies to 2x - 5.81 = 99.15;
now adding 5.81 to both sides of the equal sign leaves
2x = 104.96
and finally, dividing both sides by 2, gives x = $52.48; which is the cost of the shoes.  Recall, the cost of the jacket is 5.81 less than the cost of the shoes.
so, COST OF THE JACKET is 52.48 - 5.81 = $46.67