Michael was picking apples and placing them in boxes in a cart. The number of apples that fit in a box is 5 more than the number boxes in a cart. If b represents the number of boxes in each cart, which expression can be used to represent the number of apples Michael picked in 3 carts?

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amistre64 · Answer

1 box holds b+5 apples

there are b boxes on a cart

and 3 carts ....

what can we draw from this?

anonymous · Answer

These are my options 
A. 3b5

B. 3b(b + 5)

 C.3(b + 5)

D. 3b + 5

amistre64 · Answer

which one would you pick, just as a gut feeling from what ive shared so far?

anonymous · Answer

A

amistre64 · Answer

hmm, not the one i was going for:

we need a (b+5) in there somplace for the actual number of apples.

amistre64 · Answer

1 box holds b+5 apples
                    ^^^

there are  b  boxes on a cart
               ^^

and  3   carts ....
       ^^

anonymous · Answer

So it has to be D

amistre64 · Answer

'has to be' is not quite it.  but the good news is that there is only 2 options left .....

anonymous · Answer

Ooooh ok 
 C?

amistre64 · Answer

c is missing a part, so now here is how we could go about it

there are 3 carts with b boxes each:

b+b+b = 3b  carts in total

there are (b+5) apples on each cart, so there are 3b(b+5) apples entotal

anonymous · Answer

Wow, I never looked at it that way.

anonymous · Answer

thanks alot :)