Question

Kendra pays 132$ for shoes and clothes the clothes cost 54$ more then the shoes how much do the shoes cost

Answer 1

78 dollars is the amount of shoes

Answer 2

The equation s+(s+54)=132 models the situation.  

Simplified:

2s+54=132
2s=78
s=39

So the shoes cost 39 dollars.  We can check this by finding the clothes' cost (54 more than the shoes, so 93) and adding that number to the cost of the shoes (again, 39) which turns out to be 132.