One day, he bought 10 pairs of socks for $2.50 each and 3 pairs of shoes for dollars each. He
spent a total of $135.97. Write and solve an equation to find the cost of one pair of shoes.

2.50(10) + 3x = 135.97, x = 38.66

Step-by-step explanation:

This should be pretty simple.

Basically, we know that he bought 10 pairs for 2.50 so that's $25 right there.

Our total is 135.97 though-

so here, we take our total from the right side of the equation, and subtract 25 from that.

135.97 - 25 = 115.97

Since he bought three pairs, divide it by 3.

115.97 / 3 = 38.66

One pair of shoes costs $38.66 - hope this helps!

since your problem is x^4 = 81, what you have to undeo is the "to the fourth power" part.

the inverse (opposite operation) of "to the fourth power" is "to the fourth root".

  (x^4) ^ ¼   = 81 ^ ¼  

  81 = 3^4     so (3 ^ 4) ^ ¼   =   3 ^ 1   = 3

by hand: (3 ^ 4) ^ ¼   =   3 ^ (4 x ¼) = 3 ^ 1   = 3   (when you take a power to a power, multiply the exponents.)

or, do it by calculator. one way of finding the fourth root is to use ^ (1/4)

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