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Which situation could be solved using this expression? 3a + 5

a. Jeff scored three times as many points as Mark. Mark scored 5 points. How many points did Jeff score?
b. Jeff scored 3 points, Mark scored 5 points, and Terry scored some points. How many points did they score altogether?
c. Jeff scored 5 more than triple the number of points Mark scored. How many points did Jeff score?
d. Jeff scored 3 more than 5 times the number of points Mark scored. How many points did Mark score?

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altogether?

c. Jeff scored 5 more than triple the number of points Mark scored. How many points did Jeff score?

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User Salvador Rueda
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The correct answer is C. If you call Mark's points 'a', then 5 more than triple of Mark's points would be 3a + 5, which would be how many points Jeff scored.
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