Question

Kate bought a skirt and two blouses. The skirt was thirty-six dollars. Kate's (1)bill came to ninety-eight dollars. What was the price of each of the blouses?

Answer 1

Explanation

Lets use the letter b to represent the price of each blouse, we have:

$36+2b=98$

And solving for b:

$\begin{gathered} 2b=98-36 \\ 2b=62 \\ b=\frac{62}{2} \\ b=31 \end{gathered}$

The price of each blouse is $31.