Mr. richards saved $37 by buying his sneakers at the outlet store. he paid $3 less than half the original price of the sneakers. how much did mr. richards pay for the sneakers at the outlet store?

Let, the original price of the sneakers be $x.

Given, Mr. Richard paid $3 less that half of the original price.

Half of the original price = $

So Mr. Richard paid = $

By buying the sneakers Mr. Richard saved = $37.

That means the subtraction of the original price and the amount Mr. Richard paid is $37.

So we can write the equation as,

To solve it for x, first we have to move 3 to the right side by subtracting it from both sides, we will get,

We will subtract the left side now. To subtract fractions we will make the denominators same. Here 2 is the denominator. To make the denominator of x as 2, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of x by 2. So we can write x as .

Now we will multiply both sides by 2 to get x.

So, the original price = $68.

Mr. Richard paid = $( =$ = $

So we have got the required answer.

Mr. Richard paid $31 for the sneakers.

answer: a and c are correct

step-by-step explanation:

the +5 is the vertical translation

the added negative symbol in front is the reflection over the y-axis