Question

Ms. Gartland bought x number of shirts for the new members of her chorus. The cost for x number of shirt, including $3.99 shipping was $77.49 each shirt cost 12.25 there was no sales tax on this purchase. which equation could be used to find?

Answer 1

12.25s + 3.99 = 77.49 would be your equation used to find the amount of shirts purchased.

When we solve the equation, we get 6 which is the quantity of shirts Gartland purchased.

Explanation:

We know the shirts were 12.25 but we didnt know how much she pruchased leaving our shirts (s) unknown.

We added 3.99 for shipping and our total cost was 77.49

We do 12.25s + 3.99 (shipping) = 77.40 total cost