Question

Lin sold 4 more shirts than Greg. Fran sold 3 times as many shirts as Lin. In total, the three sold 51 shirts. Which represents the number of shirts Greg sold?

Answer 1

Okay so lets set up an equation to model this

Answer 2

Say Greg sold x shirts and Lin sold 4 more. What would your equation be?

Answer 3

@ladykillah12

Answer 4

Idk, I'm confused :c

Answer 5

Lin sold four more shirts than Greg's x amount of shirt. So that would be x+4. Do get that?

Answer 6

@ladykillah12

Answer 7

Yes , I understand

Answer 8

Okay good. Now to get the amount of shirts Fran sold what would you do?

Answer 9

multiply the total by 3????

Answer 10

Yep! Then set the equation equal to 51. Your equation would look like this:3(x+4)=51

Answer 11

OKAY! Thank you so much, nice hair btw

Answer 12

Thank you and do you understand now???

Answer 13

Yes, I do. Thank you for actually explaining! c:

Answer 14

Lol your welcome, anymore questions? Don't forget to vote on best responses!

Answer 15

Could you help me with this next question?

If 4m-3/7=3, which is the value?
a.) 6
b.) 10.5
c.) 37
d.) 68.5

Answer 16

@piperkors

Answer 17

Okay. So there are two ways to do this. you can isolate the variable, or take the easy way out and substitute all the values for m until you get 3:)

Answer 18

@ladykillah12