Answer:
144
Step-by-step explanation:
We can write this as 2 shirts = 16.00 . Then, we can write this as a ratio, where
2 shirts / 16.00 = 18 shirts/ cost of 18 shirts as the cost for a pair of shirts remains the same, so the ratio will as well.
Therefore, writing the cost of 18 shirts as c, we have
2 shirts/16.00 = 18 shirts/c
multiply both sides by c to remove a denominator
2 shirts * c/16.00 = 18 shirts
multiply both sides by 16 to remove the other denominator
2 shirts * c = 18 shirts * 16
divide both sides by 2 shirts to isolate the c, as we want to figure that out
c = 18 shirts * 16/2 shirts
c=144
