Question

Jade writes the expression for the total number of corn husks as 3c + 8.Elias writes it as 8+c+c+ c. Are both expressions correct? Explain.crage

Answer 1

Jade writes the expression for the total number of corn husks as 3c + 8 . Elias writes her's as 8 + c + c + c.

Both of them are correct. 8 + c + c + c can be solved as follows

Summation of the 3 c's is equals to 3c.

c + c + c = 3c

8 + 3c