Question

Les bought 6 pairs of shorts for s dollars each and a blazer that costs three times as much as a pair of shorts. He spent a total of $139.50. How much did the blazer cost ?
Equation :____________
Blazer cost:________________

Answer 1

Your equation if you think about it is 6s+18=139.50.

Answer 2

Someone correct me if im wrong please.

Answer 3

Now to find the cost we do the math...

We gotta find s by itself. So what we do is subtract 18 from 139.50

Will look like this: 6s=121.5

Then finally we divide 6 by 121.5 so 121.5/6=20.25
So s=20.25

Answer 4

Then, I have to multiply by 3 right?

Answer 5

No I already put that into the equation I did 6*3 and got 18.

Answer 6

Oh okay ! Thanks

Answer 7

Np Paige good luck! :)

Answer 8

Thanks

Answer 9

No wait, isn't it 6s+18s=139.50 because the blazer costs 3 times as much as the shorts?

Answer 10

But then think about it there is no point of adding an s it will still be distributed. There will be one s again.

Answer 11

Am I wrong? If s = the money, and 6 pair of pants is 6s, then the blazer that is 3 times the amount of the pair of pants would be 18s.
Yes, the s will add up to 24s=139.50 as the equation

Answer 12

If the equation is 24s=139.50, then the amount for a blazer should be 5.8125.

Answer 13

Yea, I screwed up I guess your right. I totally lost my mind there lol.

Answer 14

But wait... we both are probably wrong because it does NOT say the cost of the shorts...

Answer 15

@Sushi121212

Answer 16

6s+1s*3=139.50

Answer 17

Well, if you set it up like this:

24s=139.50

Then s=5.8125

Then you can find the cost of the shorts:

6(5.8125) = 34.88

Then multiply it by 3:

3 (34.88) = 104.64

I don't know how to do it on one equation though.

Answer 18

My question is how did you get 24?

Answer 19

Because remember we don't have the value of s in the first place, thus we can't say 6s+18s=139.50

Answer 20

We're trying to find the value of s so we can use it to find the price of the blazer.

Answer 21

So how can we say 18?

Answer 22

Wait, but:

6s+[6s(3)]=139.50

Is the same thing as:

6s+18s=139.50
24s=139.50

Answer 23

Look at the question carefully, it doesn't say 6 blazers. Its says: "and a blazer that costs three times as much as a pair of shorts."

Answer 24

That's why I put it as 6s(3)

Answer 25

That is why you can't use 6 lol.

Answer 26

It says a blazer meaning one. :D

Answer 27

and its not saying 3 times the amount, but the cost.

Answer 28

Sorry Paige this got way more confusing then how it looks lol.

Answer 29

Oh, then it's 3s? So it would be 6s+3s = 139.50? Or 9s = 139.50?

Answer 30

s is the price of one pair of shorts, right?

Answer 31

Yea!

Answer 32

That makes sense now.

Answer 33

So would probably be 3s

Answer 34

FInally!

Answer 35

Yea! Ikr? haha

Answer 36

Well, at least we solved it in the end! I hope PaigeWeeks didn't write the wrong answer...

Answer 37

Lol yea me too hope the best for Paige.