Question

Shannon sells handmade wallets for $12 each.

Yesterday, she sold n wallets. Today, she sold 3 less wallets than yesterday.

Over the past two days, she earned a total of $396.

Drag and drop terms and an operation to create an equation that models the situation. Then, solve for n, the number of wallets Shannon sold yesterday.

15
12n + 3
+
396
396
3n
n - 3
n - 3
n + 3
12n

Answer 1

Okay so what do you have so far

Answer 2

nothing really

Answer 3

Are you creating a system? or simply 1 equation?

Answer 4

1 equation

Answer 5

Alright, so we know that the total is 396, so that needs to go on the left side of your equation

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

Which one would you think you would put in for "todays" profits?

Answer 8

Yesterdays is easier, so start with "yesterday"

Answer 9

n-3

Answer 10

She sold "n" wallets yesterday for $12 each

Answer 11

So Yesterday is really 12n

Answer 12

Scratch that, I just reread the question
Your answer is: 396 - 12n = 3n
You get this answer because we are solving for "Yesterday". You would need to subtract "Today" from the total. In addition, she sold 3 more wallets "Yesterday" so you would need to factor in that.

Answer 13

You would not have been able to do (n-3) because that would mean number of wallets minus $3