Question

Patricia has 6 less than three times the number of CDs in her collection than Monique has x CDs, write an expression to represent the number of CDs in Patricia's collection.

Answer 1

The Expression representing Number of CDs in Patricia collection
`3x-6`

Explanation:

Given:

Let the Number of CDs Monique has be represented as 'x'

Now Given:

Patricia has 6 less than three times the number of CDs in her collection than Monique has.

It means Number of CDs Patricia has is equal to 3 multiplied by number of CDs Monique has and then Subtracting by 6.

Framing in equation form we get;

Number of CD' Patricia has =
`3x-6`

Hence The Expression representing Number of CDs in Patricia collection
`3x-6`