Question

Janae distributed a bag of trail mix equally among 3 bowls. When she finished, each bowl contained 4 ounces of trail mix. You can use the equation x over three equals four to represent this problem. Explain what x represents. How would you solve for x? Explain why.

Answer 1

x represents the number of ounces in the bag before the distribution.
to solve for x:
\[ \frac{x}{3} = 4 \\
x = 4 \cdot 3 = 12 \]
After combining all the parts together again we get that there are 12 ounces total