A shoe salesman sold 46 pairs of shoes last week. He sold eight more pairs of women's shoes than men's. How many pairs of shoes did he sell?

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Answer 1

Set up two equations and solve. Number men's shoes will be x and number of women's shoes will be y. So...

x + y = 46

Then he sold eight more pairs of women's shoes than men's. So....

x + 8 = y

Now substitute in, or use linear combination and solve.

Good luck!

Mat S.