Choose the right equation to solve the problem with Jamal's money

1. Jamal spends $15 on a pair of soccer shorts. He has $10 left. How much money did he have before buying the shorts?

m represents the money Jamal had to start.

A. m + 10 = 15

B. m - 10 = 5

C. m + 15 = 40

D. m - 15 = 10

Which equation is the correct one to solve this problem?

Answer:

D is your answer. It is the money he had to begin with minus the money he spent to get the left over.

Final answer:

The correct equation for this problem is m - 15 = 10, which reveals that Jamal originally had $25 before purchasing the shorts.

Explanation:

In this problem, we're trying to find out how much money Jamal had initially before he bought the soccer shorts. Jamal spent $15 on shorts and still has $10 left, meaning that he must have had the cost of the shorts plus what he has left before buying them. We can form this into the equation m - 15 = 10, where m represents the money Jamal had at the start.

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