George brought a shirt and a pair of pants at a clothing store. The pants cost $5.30 more than the shirt, and he used a $15 off coupon to purchase the shirt. The equation below is used to determine the cost of the shirt before coupon, s.

s - $15 = $15.92

How much did the pants cost?

A. $30.92

B. $21.22

C. $36.22

D. $25.63

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Mathematics

Dale Chang

24 November, 22:02

George brought a shirt and a pair of pants at a clothing store. The pants cost $5.30 more than the shirt, and he used a $15 off coupon to purchase the shirt. The equation below is used to determine the cost of the shirt before coupon, s.

s - $15 = $15.92

How much did the pants cost?

A. $30.92

B. $21.22

C. $36.22

D. $25.63

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Cheyanne Hinton · Answer 1

First, you want to get s by itself

To do this, add 15 to both sides

s=$15.92+15

s=$30.92

This would be the cost of the shirt, not the pants

To find how much the pants cost, you would have to add $5.30 to the cost of the shirt, since the pants cost $5.30 more than the shirt

s=$30.92+$5.30

s=$36.22

So the pants cost $36.22

Rudy Hart · Answer 2

The answer in B. 21.22