The ratio of the cost of a skirt to the cost of a blouse is 8 : 5. if the skirt costs $24 more than the blouse, find the cost of the blouse! plz

8/5=24/x
8x=120
x=15
Blouse costs 15$

Hello, your answer is: 1079, because remember, this equation represents
*800 - (-279)
so, you need to use the method of KCC, or, k=keep, c=change, c=change.
you keep the 800 positive, switch the (-) subtraction sign to a (+) addition sign, and also, make the (-279) a positive 279. so you turn out with:
*800 + 279, which equals = 1079
*youre welcome :)