Question

At Feet-R-Us colored socks are $5 and white socks are $3. Jimmy buys $32 worth of socks. An equation representing this scenario is 5c + 3w = 32. Solve this equation for c, the cost of 1 pair of colored socks

Answer 1

$5

Explanation:

if you want the cost of 1 pair of colored socks, substitute that into c

5(1) + 3w = 32

5 + 3w = 32

subtract on both sides

3w = 27

this means the amount of pairs of white socks is 9.

multiply by 3

$27

then subtract by 32

$5

he only bought 1 pair of colored socks for $5