If I went to a store and spent $16 more than half the money I had in my pocket and was left with $16 in my pocket how much did i have when I went into the store? I'm thinkng $64 but not positive
If you went in with 64, you would have spent 32 + 16, which is 48, and you would have had 16 left. So 64 is the correct answer.
You could derived that by solving this equation:
x - (x/2 + 16) = 16
x/2 -16 = 16
x/2 = 32
x = 64
To find out how much money you had when you went into the store, we can set up an equation.
Let's say you had X dollars in your pocket initially. According to the given information, you spent $16 more than half your money and were left with $16 in your pocket.
Half of your money is X/2. And if you spent $16 more than half your money, that would be (X/2) + $16. Subtracting this amount from your initial money leaves us with $16:
X - ((X/2) + $16) = $16
To solve for X, let's simplify the equation:
X - X/2 - $16 = $16
We can now combine like terms:
(2X - X)/2 - $16 = $16
Simplifying further:
X/2 - $16 = $16
Next, let's isolate X by adding $16 to both sides of the equation:
X/2 = $32
To solve for X, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 2:
2 * (X/2) = 2 * $32
This simplifies to:
X = $64
Therefore, you had $64 when you went into the store.