Question

Grandma Gertrude gave the Carlson sisters 64 pieces of jewelry to divide evenly among themselves. One of the sisters, Julie, already had 7 pieces of jewelry. There are y Carlson sisters. How many pieces of jewelry does Julie have now? Write your answer as an expression.

Answer 1

Y=64x+7 im not sure though

Answer 2

`(64)/(y)` + 7

Explanation:

Grandma Gertrude gave the Carlson sisters 64 pieces of jewelry to divide evenly among themselves.

The number of Carlson sisters = y

One of the sisters, Julie, already had 7 pieces of jewelry.

So the expression that represents the total number of jewelry the Julie had

=
`(64)/(y)` + 7