Question

When the store had sold 29 of the boots that were on display, they brought out another 34 pairs from the stock room. If that gave them 174 pairs of boots out, how many pairs were on display originally?

Answer 1

169 pairs of boots

Explanation:

Let's represent the number of pairs of boots on display originally as "x".

When the store sold 29 pairs of boots, the number of pairs remaining on display was "x - 29".

Then, the store brought out another 34 pairs from the stock room, so the total number of pairs on display became:

(x - 29) + 34

Simplifying this expression, we get:

x + 5

We know that the total number of pairs of boots on display after bringing out the extra 34 pairs is 174. Therefore, we can write the equation:

x + 5 = 174

Solving for x, we get:

x = 174 - 5 = 169

Therefore, there were originally 169 pairs of boots on display in the store.