Tavion has $20 dollars in his bank account and needs $22 dollars for a new pair of socks. How much money does he need to get a new pair of socks?

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Tiffany Schmitt

4 July, 12:15

Tavion has $20 dollars in his bank account and needs $22 dollars for a new pair of socks. How much money does he need to get a new pair of socks?

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Townsend · Answer 1

This can be written as an algebra equation.

22 = 20+x, where x is the amount of money he needs

subtract 20, the amount he currently has, from both sides, and you get $2, the amount of money he needs to get the socks

Piglet · Answer 2

He needs two more dollars for the socks