Question

In Brad's golf bag, he has 3 times more white golf balls than yellow golf balls. He has 24 white golf balls in his bag. which equation can be used to find how many yellow golf balls,y, Brad has in his bag?

a. 3y=24 b.3+y=24 c.24y=3 d.24+y=3

Answer 1

A because if you're told that the amount of yellow golf balls times 3 equals 24, which is shown in this equation. 

Answer 2

The answer is a. This is because the number of white golf balls equals 3y.