document.write( "Question 1052210: Kia buys a shirt that cost $12.50 and some pairs of socks that are $2.50 each. She pays a total of $27.50. How many pairs of socks did Kia buy? How can you get the term with the variable by itself on one side of the equation?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #667634 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+x+\"$ = number of socks Kia bouight
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+6+\"$
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