Question

Consider the following problem:

Florence has 8 nieces and she wants to divide her collection of dolls among them evenly. If each niece receives thirty-two dolls, how many dolls were in Florence's collection?

If d represents the number of dolls in Florence's collection, which of the following equations can be used to model the problem?

8 times d equals thirty-two

thirty-two times d equals 8

thirty-two divided by 8 equals d

d divided by 8 equals thirty-two

Answer 1

@mathmath333

Answer 2

\(\large\tt \begin{align} \color{red}{\text{there are total 8 nieces}\\~\\
1~niece\implies 32 dolles\\~\\
\text{d dolls were in Florence's collection}\\
\implies 8\times 32~~ dolles\\~\\
\color{blue}{\dfrac{d}{8}=32}}\end{align}\)

Answer 3

so the answer is d @mathmath333

Answer 4

what do u think