Question

A shelter in Pennsylvania received 5 foster applications per week in March 2019. It received f times more foster applications per week in March 2020. Write an expression to find how many

applications the shelter received per week in March
2020.

Answer 1

a=5f

Explanation:

In this equation, a is the total number of applications received.

The first equation we can find in this problem is that in March 2019 we get 5/week. Now, March 2020, we get f times more than 5 per week. f times more than 5 can be written as 5f, therefore we get a=5f