Question

Jenny had $17 more than susan, and together they had enough money to buy a game for $93 and to have a pizza for $6. how much money did susan have? answer

Answer 1

The total amount of money that Jenny and Susan spent is the sum of the money spent for the games and pizza. That is,
                T = $93 + $6 = $99

We let x be the amount that Susan has. With this representation, the amount of money that Jenny has is x + 17. The equation that would represent this situation is,
                     x + 17 + x = 99
The value of x from the equation is 42.

ANSWER: $42.