Answer:
34 pairs of shoes.
Explanation:
Given:
On Monday,a shoe store sold 25 pairs of shoes.
On Tuesday they sold 17 pairs of shoes.
On Wednesday 8 pairs of shoes were returned to the store.
Question asked:
How many pairs of shoes did the shoes store sell without being returned?
Solution:
Total sell of pairs of shoes by the shoes store = 25 pairs + 17 pairs
= 42 pairs of shoes.
Pairs of shoes returned = 8 pairs
Now, actual sell of pair of shoes = Total sell of pairs of shoes - Pairs of shoes returned
Actual sell of pair of shoes = 42 - 8 = 34 Pairs of shoes
Thus, 34 pairs of shoes, the shoes store sold without being returned.