Question

Nickoy brought some shirts. He paid $12 for each shirt. This can be modeled by the expression 12x. What does x represent

Answer 1

x represents the number of shirts purchased

Explanation:

Each time Nick buys a shirt, he has an outlay of $12. One shirt for $12, two shirts for $24, and so on. So the amount due for the purchase of x shirts is ($12/shirt)x, where x represents the number of shirts purchased.