Question

Barry has 17 more than two-thirds of the number of cards in his brother’s baseball card collection. If x represents the number of baseball cards his brother has, which expression represents the number of baseball cards Barry has?

Two-thirds x minus 17

Two-thirds x + 17

17 x minus two-thirds

17 x + two-thirds

Answer 1

2/3x + 17

Explanation:

2/3x represents the 2/3, then add the additional 17 at the end