Arnold went shopping at the Link with $80 to spend. He spent $12 on a belt and $20 for a shirt. How much can he spend on a pair of pants?

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anonymous · Answer

This is just regular plus and minus... do you really need help with that?

anonymous · Answer

No. And you have to write it as an inequality. And I already understand how to do it. Thanks.

lilg132 · Answer

ok so we know the answer will be less than 80

as 80 is the amount of money he has to spend

now we will use x to show the amount of money left to spend on pants
so

x = amount of money left that he can spend on pants

can you do the rest from here? and do you understand how i decided this so far