Question

The Brown family has many pairs of athletic shoes. They counted p pairs all together. They decided to give away 6 pairs, because they had outgrown them. After giving 6 pairs away, the Brown family still has 11 pairs of athletic shoes remaining.

Write an equation to describe this situation.

How many pairs of shoes did the Brown family start with?

Answer 1

Answer: They started out with 17 and the equation was p - 6 = 11

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: The brown family started out with 17 pairs of shoes. (11 + 6)

p - 6 = 11 (I would say this is the equation)

Explanation:

You can solve the equation by adding +6 on both sides of the equal sign, giving you at the end p = 17