Joe spends $8 on lunch and $6.50 on dry cleaning. He also buys 2 shirts that each cost the same amount. Joe spends a total of $52. What is the cost of each shirt.
(52 - 8 - 6.5) / 2 =
To find the cost of each shirt, we need to subtract the known expenses (lunch and dry cleaning) from the total amount Joe spent ($52).
First, let's calculate Joe's total expenses excluding the shirts:
Total expenses = Lunch + Dry cleaning
Total expenses = $8 + $6.50
Total expenses = $14.50
Next, we'll subtract the total expenses from the total amount Joe spent to find the cost of the shirts:
Cost of shirts = Total amount spent - Total expenses
Cost of shirts = $52 - $14.50
Cost of shirts = $37.50
Since Joe buys two shirts and the cost of each shirt is the same, we can divide the total cost of the shirts by the number of shirts to find the cost of each individual shirt:
Cost of each shirt = Total cost of shirts / Number of shirts
Cost of each shirt = $37.50 / 2
Cost of each shirt = $18.75
Therefore, each shirt costs $18.75.