Question

Carly will enter two baking competitions. The first competition requires her to make 2x + 4 cupcakes. The second competition requires her to make 3x + 2 cupcakes.

Complete the expression to represent the total number of cupcakes.

x +

Answer 1

Well what we need to do here is first combine the two equations, like this 5x+6 and thats about it, Enjoy! (just add them together)

Answer 2

First, we combine the 2 problems, So 2x+4+3x+2. Then we combine like terms. that means that we can add the x's together, then add the normal numbers. That equals 5x+6. Is this what you're looking for?