Question

Mrs. Nelson asked students in her class to translate the statement “Remy lost some of the $14 his mom gave him” into an algebraic expression. Four students’ solutions are shown below.

Answer 1

Which student's solution is correct?

Answer is: Alice

Explanation:

Answer 2

For this case, the first thing we should do is define a variable.

We have then:

• x: amount of money that Remy lost.

Where,

`0 <x <14`

We write the algebraic expression that models the problem:

"Remy lost some of the $ 14 his mom gave him"

The algebraic expression is:

`14-x`

Answer:

an algebraic expression is:

`14-x`