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OpenStudy (secret-ninja):
A company distributes free boxes of paperclips to all the workers in x offices. Each office has 8 more departments than the number of offices. The number of workers in each department is 4 less than the number of departments in each office. Each worker is given 3 boxes of paperclips.
Which expression shows the total number of boxes of paperclips that was distributed to all workers?
x
x + 8
x + 4
3x(x + 8)(x + 4)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
D
OpenStudy (secret-ninja):
I tried B x+8 last time, and its wrong. :p
OpenStudy (secret-ninja):
Can you show me how?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
sure, one moment.
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OpenStudy (secret-ninja):
Okay, :]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
to find your answer, you have to distribute, there is none other to able to distribute than d. I will find more complex information if this doesn't work.
OpenStudy (secret-ninja):
Okay, thanks. :]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Wait, you're sure it's not x+8?
OpenStudy (secret-ninja):
Yes, I'm sure. I used it last time and it was wrong. Don't worry, I already submitted and D was right. :)
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