Question

While shopping for clothes, Tracy spent $24 less than 2 times what Daniel spent. Tracy spent $14. Write and

solve an equation to find how much Daniel spent. Let x represent how much Daniel spent.
The equation that can be used to determine how much Daniel is

Answer 1

The equation for getting amount spent by Daniel is given as

So Daniel spent $19

`x = (y + 24)/(2)`

(x represents amount that Daniel spent, and y represents amount that Tracy spent)

Explanation:

We know that Tracy spent $24 less than 2 times what Daniel spent, so we kind of reverse that so it would be y + 24 and then divided by 2 because we want to find x not 2x.