Mr. Valenzuela’s new bottle of shampoo contains 60 ounces of shampoo. He uses One-fourth ounce of shampoo each time he washes his hair. Which equation can be used to find x, the number of washes after which 24 ounces will remain in the bottle?


One-fourth x minus 60 equals 24

60 minus one-fourth x equals 24

One-fourth x minus 24 equals 60

24 minus one-fourth x equals 60