Sarah and Bryan went shopping and spent a total of $47.50. Bryan spent $15.50 less than what Sarah spent. How much did Bryan spend?
1 Answer
Mar 18, 2018
Explanation:
Let the amount that Sarah spent be denoted by
"Sarah and Bryan went shopping and spent a total of
Eq1:
"Bryan spent
Eq2:
Now we need to solve for
Solving Eq1 for
Eq3:
Eq3 -> Eq2:
Hence, Bryan spent