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Which situation is represented by the equation? 6n + 5 = 3n + 20

A) Jenny and Pat all together have 6n + 3n cookies, Jenny has 5 cookies and Pat has 20 cookies. How many cookies does Jenny have?
B) Jenny and Pat all together have 5 + 20 cookies, Jenny has 6n cookies and Pat has 3n cookies. How many cookies does Jenny have?
C) Jenny and Pat all together have 3n + 20 cookies, Jenny has 6n cookies and Pat has 5 cookies. How many cookies does Jenny have?
D) Jenny and Pat all together have 3n + 20 cookies, Jenny has 6n plus 5 cookies more than and Pat. How many cookies does Jenny have?

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Answer:

D,

Explanation:

She has more than pat so you would take pats amount of cookies and add 5 then add that to 6n and you get jennys cookies.

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Answer:

D) Jenny and Pat all together have 3n + 20 cookies, Jenny has 6n plus 5 cookies more than and Pat. How many cookies does Jenny have?

Explanation:

The given equation is:


6n+5=3n+20

The situation that is represented here is :

D: Jenny and Pat all together have 3n + 20 cookies, Jenny has 6n plus 5 cookies more than and Pat. How many cookies does Jenny have?

Basically we have to find the cookies that Jenny has. It is given that jenny has 6n+5 cookies that is equal to the number of cookies Jenny and Pat both have, i. e 3n+20.

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