suppose one of the pairs is missing a shoe. how many shoes are in the closet?
About that many
When it says that one of the pair is missing so the answer is S-1
no, 2 s - 1
not if S is the number of shoes in S/2 pairs ...
2 over s - 1
To determine the number of shoes in the closet, we need more information about the pairs. However, let's approach this problem step by step.
1. First, let's assume that all pairs of shoes in the closet are complete, with two shoes each. If there are 'n' pairs of shoes, then the total number of shoes would be 2 * n, since each pair has two shoes.
2. Now, if one of the pairs is missing a shoe, it means there is one shoe less in the closet. In this case, the total number of shoes can be calculated as (2 * n) - 1.
So, if you can provide the number of pairs of shoes in the closet, we can calculate the total number of shoes by applying the formula (2 * n) - 1.