Question

Joe spends $8 for lunch and $6.50 for dry cleaning. He also buys 2 shirts that cost the same amount. Joe spends a total of $52. What is the cost of each shirt?

Answer 1

2shirts=52-8-6.50=37.50

so each shirt costs 18.75$

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is $18,75.

Step-by-step explanation:

We must start by analyzing the information we have.

We know that Joe spends $ 8 for lunch and $ 6.50 for dry cleaning. And that buys 2 shirts of which we do not know their value but we know that they cost the same each.

We have as data that Joe has spent a total of $ 52, so we must put together the following equation:

8 + 6.50 + 2.x = 52

Now we just have to solve it:

14.50 + 2x = 52

2x = 52-14.50

2x = 37.50

x = 37.50: 2

x = 18.75

In this way we can say that each shirt costs $ 18.75 each.