Question

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Capon City has 5 more than 3 times as many residents as Harbor City.

Create an algebraic expression to represent the number of residents in Capon City. Use r in your expression where r represents the number of residents in Harbor City

Answer 1

y=3r+5

Explanation:

Break up the sentance.

Capon city has 5 more than 3 times as many residents as harbor city.

The sentance above can be written like this: y=5+3x. Since they want r to represent the number of people in Harbor city, use r in place of x.

Capon city=y

has=equal sign

5 more=+5

3 times as many=3r

y=3r+5