Beth has $70 in her wallet account. She buys x shirts for $5.50 each. Write an equation Beth can use to find how many shirts she can buy.

Answer 1

Shirts = S = total budget divided by cost of one shirt 70/5.50 = about 12.7 shirts

which means she can buy 12 shirts only. After spending 12 x 5.50 = $66 she'll have $70-$66 = $4 left over, not enough to buy another $5.50 shirt

5.50x = 70

x = 70/5.50 = 12 shirts with remainder of 4 dollars