Question

The temperature on Wednesday was 8° more than a third of Tuesday’s temperature. If T represents Tuesday’s temperature, write an expression for Wednesday’s temperature, W.

Answer 1

what is it

Explanation:

Answer 2

I love these problems -- you don't have to do math -- it's all just reading and using logic! So we're saying T represents Tuesday. 8 more than can be expressed as what? +8. A third can be expressed as what? 1/3. What are we splitting into thirds? T. Therefore, 1/3t+8 is your answer.