Question

what is five more than a number tripled?

Answer 1

3x+5

Answer 2

thanks :)

Answer 3

Anytime :)

Answer 4

i think the question is ambiguous.

Answer 5

This is the kind of question that is hard to tell how to answer.

It may alos be this:

A number: x
5 more than a number: x + 5
tripled: 3(x + 5)

Answer 6

(five more than a number) tripled

or

(five more) than a number tripled

Answer 7

@youngtearl
Do you have choices?

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

What are they?

Answer 10

Can you show the choices?

Answer 11

A.-10
B.-4
C.-14
D.20









B.


–4




C.

Answer 12

sorry about the ones at the bottom the top ones are the choices.

Answer 13

5 more then WHAT number tripled? You didn't give us the entire question

Answer 14

Are you sure those are the choices?
-10.
-4
-14
20

If so I have no Idea what happened.

Answer 15

yes those are the choices

Answer 16

Is the "number" restricted to integers?? Possibly positive integers? If so, there is only one possible answer.

Answer 17

.... not from these options

Answer 18

Ok thanks @amistre64
With those options and that question I was sitting here confusing myself

Answer 19

:) the question is asking for an expression with some unknown; and none of the options fit

Answer 20

-10 is 5 more than -5 tripled
-4 is 5 more than -3 tripled
20 is 5 more than 5 tripled

Answer 21

We have to know what the "number" is to answer your question.

Answer 22

@BangkokGarrett It is not that type of question
You are not supposed to solve it

Answer 23

THANKYOU FOR LETTING THEM KNOW THAT LOL

Answer 24

Then what are we supposed to do with it if not solve it?

Answer 25

thankyou @Gin_Ichimaru the equation you gave me was the right one for the answer and i got it right :)

Answer 26

I still don't understand why you posted the answer choices. How was that of any use to us in trying to help you, then??

Answer 27

Happy I could help

Answer 28

were using variables to represent numbers @BangkokGarrett