while shopping for clothes jacklyn spent $38 less than 2 times what Daniel spent. Jacklyn spent $10. Write and solve an equation

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Vedmedyk [2.9K]

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while shopping for clothes jacklyn spent $38 less than 2 times what Daniel spent. Jacklyn spent $10. Write and solve an equation

to find out how much daniiel spent. Let x trepresent what daniel spent.

Mathematics

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larisa86 [58] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-29T21:55:45+03:00

larisa86 [58]3 years ago

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If Daniel spent x dollars, then Tracy spent
3x−8 dollars. Since Tracy spent $10, we can write the equation:
3x-8 = 10
3x = 18
x = 16
so Daniel spent 6$