Question

Elizabeth has 2 jolly ranchers less than 3 times the amount of jolly ranchers as Lucy.

1) Write an expression to represent the word phrase above.

2) Determine how many jolly ranchers Elizabeth has if Lucy has 6?

Answer 1

`y=3x-2` Elizabeth has 16 jolly ranchers

Explanation:

1)

let
`x` be the number of jolly ranchers Lucy has

let
`y` be the number of jolly ranchers Elizabeth has

`y=3x-2`

2)

If Lucy has 6 jolly ranchers then
`x` = 6

So
`y` = (3 x 6) -2 = 16

Elizabeth has 16 jolly ranchers