Megan pays $16 for a shirt that costs $22 before sales. What is the amount of the discount?
Stream of thoughts:
6
Let x be the amount of the discount.

We have, 22 - x = $16.

We change the writing of the equation:.

22 - x + x = 16 + x.

So, 22 = 16 + x.

We then Remove 16 from both sides:.

22 - 16 = 16 + x - 16.

So, 22 - 16 = x.

So, the amount of the discount is x = $6.

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So, the answer is 6