Question

Part B Liam buys a pair of jeans that cost $29.99 and 5 shirts that each cost the same amount of money. He spends a total of $94.94. • Write an equation or inequality to represent the cost of each shirt that Liam buys. Define all variables used. • What is the cost of each shirt that Liam buys? Show your work.​

Answer 1

Given :

Liam buys a pair of jeans that cost $29.99 and 5 shirts that each cost the same amount of money.

He spends a total of $94.94.

Solution :

Let, cost of each shirt is $ x.

It is given that there are 5 shirt and each cost the same.

Also, the sum of 5 shirt and a pair of jeans is equal to $94.94 .

So,

`29.99 + 5x = 94.94\\\\5x = 94.94 - 29.99\\\\x = \$ 12.99`

Therefore, the cost of each shirt that Liam buys is $12.99 .