SOLUTION: I cant figure out how to put this in a correct linear equation. The total cost of a pair of pants and a belt was $70.93. if the price of the pair of pants was $2.93 less than the

SOLUTION: I cant figure out how to put this in a correct linear equation. The total cost of a pair of pants and a belt was $70.93. if the price of the pair of pants was $2.93 less than the

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Question 396333: I cant figure out how to put this in a correct linear equation.
The total cost of a pair of pants and a belt was $70.93. if the price of the pair of pants was $2.93 less than the belt, what was the price of the pair of pants?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
belt =x
pants=x-2.93
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x+x-2.93=70.93
2x=73,86
x=36.93
x-2.93=34.00
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