taylor bought some shirts for her clothing store for $12 each. She received $40 off her entire purchase and spent a total of $200. Write an equation to find the number of shirts Taylor purchased for her store.
12x-40=200
To write an equation, let's break down the problem.
Let's assume that Taylor bought 'x' number of shirts for her clothing store.
Each shirt costs $12, so the total cost of 'x' shirts would be 12x dollars.
She received a discount of $40 off her entire purchase, so the new total cost after deducting the discount would be 12x - 40 dollars.
The total amount Taylor spent on all the shirts is $200.
So, putting all the information together, we can write the equation:
12x - 40 = 200
This equation represents the relationship between the number of shirts (x) and the total cost after deducting the discount.