Question

You bought f pounds of fruit today. Today, you bought 3 times as many pounds of fruit as you bought yesterday. Which expression correctly shows how many pounds of fruit you bought yesterday?

Answer 1

Answer: 3F=X

Explanation:

its 3 times what you got yesterday

Answer 2

`g=(f)/(3)`

Explanation:

Given : You bought f pounds of fruit today. Today, you bought 3 times as many pounds of fruit as you bought yesterday.

To Find: Which expression correctly shows how many pounds of fruit you bought yesterday?

Solution:

Let g be the pounds of fruits you bought yesterday.

Today you bought pounds of fruit =f

Since we are given that Today, you bought 3 times as many pounds of fruit as you bought yesterday.

So, expression becomes:
`3g=f`

`g=(f)/(3)`

Hence the expression which shows the pounds of fruit you bought yesterday is
`g=(f)/(3)` .