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 amount of trail mix originally in the bag

Answer 2

thanks

Answer 3

x/3 = 4
multiply both sides by 3;