SOLUTION: Joe had $60 at a theme park. He spent 11 dollars of lunch and bought 5 souvenirs at x dollars each. Write an equation to represent this problem

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Question 1160019: Joe had $60 at a theme park. He spent 11 dollars of lunch and bought 5 souvenirs at x dollars each. Write an equation to represent this problem
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52884) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is NOT POSSIBLE to write an equation without making additional assumptions.

Hey, it looks like a composer at your side is absolutely incompetent in composing Math problems.

Consider to replace him soon . . . as soon as you can . . . for the sake of your project . . .



Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
step 1          60
step 2          60-11
step 3          60-11-5x
FINISHED        49-5x

The EXPRESSION which represents the description is 49-5x.