Question

sue bought a pair of jeans and a shirt for $55.75 if the jeans cost $25.25 how much did she pay for the shirt

Answer 1

55.75 = Jeans + Shirt = Total Cost
Jeans = 25.25
Subtract the cost of the jeans from the total cost

Answer 2

If 4 is subtracted from twice a number, the result is 12 less than the number

Answer 3

put that into numbers and variables..let that number = x

if 4 is subtracted from Twice that number...that's

2x - 4

And the result is 12 so

2x - 4 = 12