The equation is .
Write the problem:
\A pair of dress materials costs . This is
more than twice the cost of the dress material. How much is the dress material.
Find the cost of dress material.
\ (Orginal equation)
(Subtract
from each side)
(Apply additive inverse property :
)
(Divide each side by
)
(Cancel common terms)
Therefore, the cost of the dress material is .
The cost of the dress material is .