Question

help plz The total cost of a shirt and a jacket was $99.34. If the price of the shirt was $7.76 less than the jacket, what was the price of the shirt? Express your answer as a simplified fraction or a decimal rounded to two places.

Answer 1

Answer: Shirt costs $45.79

Step-by-step explanation:

jacket- x

shirt (x-7.76)

x+x-7.76=99.34

2x - 7.76 = 99.34

2x = 107.10

x=53.55

Jacket costs 53.55 and Shirt costs 53.55-7.76= 45.79