Question

olie uses 2 tomatoes every day to prepare her salad. If n equals the number of tomatoes Jolie had before she made her salad and c equals the number of tomatoes left after the salad is made, which equation represents the number of tomatoes Jolie has after she made her salad?

Answer 1

n-2=c? But I don't know how many days she made a salad. is it asking for just that day?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

i dont think thats right

Answer 4

it says 2 tomatoes for her salad. ok well you had n amount before you made it. Well say you had 7. You used 2 so now you have 5. replace the numbers for letters. n-2=c

Answer 5

would you like me to invite a friend to help?

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

ok here is someone who helped me out alot. @student_basil can you help desiree412?

Answer 8

Is this multiple choice ?

Answer 9

yes
n=2-c
C=n-2
c=2-n
n=c-2

Answer 10

c=n-2

Answer 11

C = n - 2

Answer 12

that is basically what i've been saying but just did not put the c first...

Answer 13

thanks

Answer 14

thanks for the medals

Answer 15

give credit where credit is due :)

Answer 16

lol