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Thomas has at most $60.00 to spend on a shoes and socks. He finds a pair of shoes that he likes for $36.00. If socks are $3.00 per pair, how many pairs of socks could Thomas buy?

User Mibou
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6 votes

Answer:

99

Explanation:

User Ravi Khandelwal
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Answer:

Thomas can buy 8 pairs of socks.

Explanation:

We can write this in the form of an equation:

36+3x>60 Subtract 36 on both sides.

-36 -36

3x>24 Divide by 3 on both sides.

/3 /3

x>8

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