SOLUTION: the total cost of a jacket and a pair of shoes is $51.22. If the jacket is $2.57 less than the shoes, what is the price of the jacket?
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Question 353590: the total cost of a jacket and a pair of shoes is $51.22. If the jacket is $2.57 less than the shoes, what is the price of the jacket? Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
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The total cost of a jacket and a pair of shoes was $51.22. if the jacket was $2.57 less than the shoes, what was the price of the jacket?
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Let x be the price of the shoes. then (x - 2.57)would be the price of the jacket
x + (x-2.57) = 51.22
2x = 53.79
x = 26.90
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Price of the jacket is (x-2.57) or $24.32
