Question

John has three bags, each containing x counters. He removes one country from each of his bags. Write an expression for the total number of counters in John's bag now

Answer 1

Answer: 3x - 3

Explanation:

Each bag contained x counters and there are 3 bags.

He removes one counter from each of the 3 bags so the expression for the counters in each bag is now;

= x - 1

As there are 3 bags, the expression is;

= 3 * ( x - 1)

= 3x - 3