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 workers in each department?

x
x + 8
x + 4
3x(x + 8)(x + 4)
my answer is d

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 workers in each department?

 x
 x + 8
 x + 4
 3x(x + 8)(x + 4)
my answer is d

anonymous · Answer

@perl @iGreen @nincompoop

swamijatin2 · Answer

yes its d

anonymous · Answer

@perl your opinion? Just to make sure

perl · Answer

I agree

anonymous · Answer

Ok thanks guys

perl · Answer

There are x offices, each office has x + 8 departments, each department has x + 4 workers, each worker gets 3 paperclip boxes. Then multiply these

swamijatin2 · Answer

o 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.

anonymous · Answer

oh the whole equation is for finding the total # of boxes of paperclips not the # of workers in each department

anonymous · Answer

i think. confusing

anonymous · Answer

"The number of workers in each department is 4 less than the number of departments in each office. "