Question

Kater has 24 T-shirts.Kater has 8 fewer pairs of shoes than pairs of pants. If the number of T-shirts Kater has is double the number of pants he has,then how many pairs of shoes does he have???

Answer 1

t=number of shirt
p=pants
s=shoes

t=24

8 fewer shoes than pants means s=p-8

t shirts are double pants, means t=2p


so

t=24
s=p-8
t=2p

solve

we can see
24=t=2p
24=2p
divide both sides by 2
12=p

sub into other equation
s=p-8
s=12-8
s=4



4 pairs of shoes