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while shopping for clothes jacklyn spent $38 less than 2 times what Daniel spent. Jacklyn spent $10. Write and solve an equation to find out how much daniiel spent. Let x trepresent what daniel spent.
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while shopping for clothes jacklyn spent $38 less than 2 times what Daniel spent. Jacklyn spent $10. Write and solve an equation to find out how much daniiel spent. Let x trepresent what daniel spent.

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If Daniel spent x dollars, then Tracy spent
3x−8 dollars. Since Tracy spent $10, we can write the equation:
3x-8 = 10
3x = 18
x = 16
so Daniel spent 6$
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