SOLUTION: Once I went to shopping for shoes and socks. I bought some pair of shoes for $82 and bought a bunch of socks for $3/pr. If I spent $115 all together, how many pairs of socks did I
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Question 262156: Once I went to shopping for shoes and socks. I bought some pair of shoes for $82 and bought a bunch of socks for $3/pr. If I spent $115 all together, how many pairs of socks did I buy? Answer by texttutoring(324) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This questions has one variable x,
let x = the number of pairs of socks bought.
We are told that pairs of socks cost $3 / 1 pair.
Now we will lookk at the equation for the money:
Money spent on shoes + Money spent on socks = $115
so the number of pairs of socks bought was 11.
