The total cost of a jacket and a pair of shoes was $52.95. If the price of the jacket was $3.87 less than the pair of shoes, what was the price of the jacket? Express your answer as a simplified fraction or a decimal rounded to two places.

The price of jacket was $24.54Step-by-step explanation:Let,Cost of jacket = xCost of pair of shoes = y According to given statement; x+y=52.95   Eqn 1x = y-3.87    Eqn 2Putting value of x from Eqn 2 in Eqn 1[tex](y-3.87)+y=52.95\\y-3.87+y=52.95\\2y=52.95+3.87\\2y=56.82\\[/tex]Dividing both sides by 2[tex]\frac{2y}{2}=\frac{56.82}{2}\\y=28.41[/tex]Putting y=28.41 in Eqn 2,[tex]x=28.41-3.87\\x=24.54[/tex]The price of jacket was $24.54Keywords: linear equation, divisionLearn more about linear equations at:brainly.com/question/2666836brainly.com/question/2678748#LearnwithBrainly