Question

Choose the expression that you would use to solve the problem and then evaluate the expression.

Suzette alphabetized 16 files. Calla alphabetized nine less than three times the number of files Suzette alphabetized. How many files did Calla alphabetize? Let x represent the number of files Suzette alphabetized.

A. (x + 3) - 9; 10 files

B. 3(16) - x; 39 files

C. 9(3) + 16; 43 files

D. 3x - 9; 39 files

Answer 1

D. 3x - 9; 39 files