Question

Robert is purchasing some equipment for his baseball team. He wants to buy some baseballs, each priced at m dollars. He has already spent b dollars on other equipment.

The following expression represents the total amount Robert will spend after buying x baseballs.



If the amount already spent by Robert on other equipment, b dollars, is doubled, then the value of m will ______________________.

If the cost of each baseball, m dollars, is tripled, then the value of b will_________________ and the value of mx will _______________________.

Answer 1

the value of m will not change

the value of b will be one third of the original amount

the value of mx will be tripled

Explanation:

the value of the baseballs is already set by the store, they will not change it due to how many dollars you have

if the set amount of baseballs is trippled and you still have the same amount of money that you had before, it will be 1/3rd of the original amount

m has been tripled in the sentence beforehand. so m will triple the amount it is multiplied with (aka x)