I need help with this question 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 number of departments in each office?

x
x + 8
x + 4
3x(x + 8)(x + 4)

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I need help with this question 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 number of departments in each office?

 x
 x + 8
 x + 4
 3x(x + 8)(x + 4)

anonymous · Answer

x offices
# of departments = x+8

angel010 · Answer

thank you could you help me with some more I'm bad at math

anonymous · Answer

You aren't bad at math, you just haven't practiced enough :)
Try to think of it this way: I have a quantity that I don't know what it is. I am going to call it x. Now, other things depend on x. What can I do to x to make to represent what the word problem is asking me?

angel010 · Answer

thanks

triciaal · Answer

please start practicing. math is fun. will not change. very very easy with practice.
change your mindset and you will be surprised how much free time you will gain