joe bought four shirts and used a coupon for $20 off his purchase he spent $24 total how much was each shirt

Question

define the variable, set up and solve the equation

Answer 1

_{4 shirts purchased. X = cost of each shirt}

_{20 dollar coupon 4x = total of shirts}

_{24 dollars spent. 24 + 20 = total price of shirts}

24 + 20 = 4x

44= 4x

11=x