Question

Kathy distributes jelly beans among her friends. Alia gets 4^2 fewer jelly beans than Kelly, who gets 3^3 jelly beans. How many jelly beans does Alia get? A. 4^2 ? 3^3 B. 3^3 + 4^2 C. 4 ? 3^3 D. 3^3 ? 4^2 E. 3^2 ? 4^3

Answer 1

"Alia gets 4^2 fewer than Kelly, who gets 3^3."

So it's about a subtraction.

`\boxed{3^3-4^2}`

Hope this helps.

r3t40

Answer 2

D. 3^3 - 4^2

Explanation:

4^2 fewer than 3^3 is ...

3^3 - 4^2 . . . . . matches choice D