Hello, this is the word problem I would like help with. "The selling price of a pair of pants is $34. If the store paid $8 less for the pants, find the price the store paid." Thank you soo much!
Its 26
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To find the price the store paid for the pants, we can use basic algebra.
Let's call the price the store paid for the pants as 'x'.
According to the problem, the selling price of the pants is $34.
We are also given that the selling price is $8 more than what the store paid, which can be written as:
34 = x + 8
To get the value of 'x', we can subtract 8 from both sides of the equation:
34 - 8 = x + 8 - 8
26 = x
So, the price the store paid for the pants is $26.