Question

A new parking lot is being built for a medical office. The expression representing the number of parking spots in the new lot is StartFraction 15 x over 4 EndFraction minus 9, where x represents the number of parking spots in the first row. How many spots are in the parking lot if there are 32 parking spots in the first row?

79
88
111
129

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

Answer 2

111

Explanation:

A variable is a letter, for example x, y or z, that represents an unspecified number. To evaluate an algebraic expression, you have to substitute a number for each variable and perform the arithmetic operations. In the example above, the variable x is equal to 6 since 6 + 6 = 12.