Question

When Jimmy and Shane went fishing, Shane caught 2 more than three times the number of fish that Jimmy caught. Write an algebraic expression that represents how many fish Shane caught.

Then use the expression you wrote above to determine how many fish Shane caught if Jimmy caught 2 fish.

Answer 1

Hello there.
When Jimmy and Shane went fishing, Shane caught 2 more than three times the number of fish that Jimmy caught. Write an algebraic expression that represents how many fish Shane caught.
3 * 2 + 2 = j

Answer 2

For the answer to the question above,



though the first two would start out as S, when you put the actual value into the equation, that is what you get. This is the equation based on your question above 3 * 2 + 2 = j