Question

Maddie has 2 times as many stickers are on her note book as Meg. Together they are on maddies notebook. How many more stickers are on maddies notebook than on megs notebook.

a) 10: 3n=15, n=5, 5x2= 10
b) 2n = 3
c) 2n = n
d) n = 2 + 2n

Answer 1

Maddie has n more stickers than Meg, as the equation 2n - n simplifies to n. If n = 5, as per the example equation 3n = 15, Maddie would have 5 more stickers than Meg.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks to find out how many more stickers Maddie has on her notebook than Meg. Let's denote the number of stickers Meg has as n. According to the problem statement, Maddie has 2 times as many stickers as Meg, so Maddie has 2n stickers.

To find out how many more stickers Maddie has than Meg, we have to subtract the number of stickers Meg has from the number of stickers Maddie has, which is 2n - n. Simplified, this is just n, which means Maddie has n more stickers on her notebook than Meg does.

If we are given a specific equation, such as 3n = 15, we would first solve for n by dividing both sides by 3, which gives us n = 5. Since Maddie has 2 times as many stickers, 2 * 5 = 10, and the difference in their stickers would be 10 - 5 = 5. Maddie would have 5 more stickers than Meg in this case.