Question

A DJ tracks the song requests she receives on a Friday night. She noted that the number of requests for country songs was 2 more than times the number of requests for hip-hop songs. There were 18 requests for country. If x represents the number of requests for hip-hop songs, which equation represents this situation? How many requests for hip-hop songs did the DJ receive on Friday night?

Answer 1

ok so to start off, there were 18 songs for country right?

Answer 2

yeah

Answer 3

"country songs was 2 more than times the number of requests for hip-hop songs" -- what does this tell you?

Answer 4

to multiply

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

you have to divide

Answer 7

so i divide 2 by 18

Answer 8

no, you divide 18 by 2, the number of requests for hip-hop songs, is as half as much as requests for country songs.

Answer 9

ok well got 9

Answer 10

correct, but you have to write it as an equation form.

Answer 11

ok

Answer 12

oh i forgot to put 2 more than 4/3 times

Answer 13

are you winning?

Answer 14

\[x=18\div2\]