Question

PLEASE ANSWER ASAP

Marty ans Stewart are stuffing envelopes with index cards. They are putting x index cards in each envelope. When they are finished, Marty has 15 stuffed envelopes and 4 extra index cards, tewart has 12 stuffed envelopes and 6 extra index cards. Write an expression in standard of index cards the boys started with. Explain what your expression means

Answer 1

The total number of cards is 27x +10

Explanation:

Each envelope gets x index cards

Marty:

15 envelopes and 4 extra cards

15*x +4 = total index cards

Stewart:

12 envelopes and 6 extra cards

12*x +6 = total index cards

The total number of cards is the sum of the cards for each of the boys

15*x +4 + 12*x +6

27x +10

The total number of cards is 27x +10