jon used a gift card to pay for an $18 shirt. The remaining balance on the card is $28. write and solve an equation that represents this.

Hi Laki092,

Your Question:

Jon used a gift card to pay for an $18 shirt. The remaining balance on the card is $28. write and solve an equation that represents this.

Solution:

Find out how much he has in the gift card (g):

18 + 28 = g

18 + 28 = 46

Answer:

He started with 46 dollars in his gift card.

He ended with 28 dollars in his gift card.

28 + 18 = g

g - 18 = 28

Take note that they spent $18 afterwards having $28 on the card so they're spending money off the card so ...

x-18=28

would be the equation for this and to solve do the following.

First add 18 to both sides making the equation.

x=46