Question

Omar has 19 shirts to fold.
let n be the number of shirts he would have left to fold after folding f of them. write and equation n to f. then use this equation to find the number of shirts he would have left to fold after folding 9 of them.

Answer 1

Key Concepts

• Word problems
• Algebraic expressions

Solution

We're given:

• 19 shirts in total
• f = folded
• n = not folded

To determine the number of shirts that have not yet been folded, we have the following equation:

$n=19-f$

If Omar had folded 9 shirts, we can solve for n given f = 9:

$n=19-9\\n=10$

Answer

Therefore, Omar has 10 shirts left to fold.