At one store, a pair of jeans costs $29 and a shirt
costs $25. At another store, the same kind of jeans
costs $26 and the same kind of shirt costs $20. The
answer is 29j – 26j + 25s -20s = 3j – 5s. What is the
question?
How much do you save by shopping at the second store?
I think that should be 3j+5s
The question is most likely asking for the difference in the costs of buying a pair of jeans and a shirt from the two different stores. To find the answer, you need to subtract the cost of the jeans from one store (multiplied by how many pairs of jeans you want to buy) from the cost of the jeans at the other store. Then, you subtract the cost of the shirt from one store (multiplied by how many shirts you want to buy) from the cost of the shirt at the other store. Finally, you simplify the equation.
So, the equation "29j - 26j + 25s - 20s = 3j - 5s" represents the difference in costs, where "j" represents the number of pairs of jeans and "s" represents the number of shirts.