Question

For a field trip, a high school wants to buy T-shirts and sweatshirts. The expression px+29y represents the cost of buying x T-shirts and y sweatshirts from a store.If each sweatshirt costs $17 more than a T-shirt, what is the value of p?

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} \text{ The last statement says that } \\ 29=17+p \\ p=29-17 \\ \\ p=12 \\ \\ \text{The value of p is 12} \end{gathered}`