Question

Kile’s weight is 30 pounds less than the product of Mindy’s weight and 3. Let m represent Mindy’s weight. Write an expression that represents Kile’s weight.

Answer 1

• Kiles weight is m
• Product of m and 3 means m and 3 are multiplied.

So the expression till now

`\\ \sf{:}\Rrightarrow m(3)`

`\\ \sf{:}\Rrightarrow 3m`

But the required weight is 30pounds less than it

`\\ \sf{:}\Rrightarrow 3m-30`

Answer 2

• Let m represent Mindy's weight.
• Therefore, product of Mindy's weight and 3 = m × 3 = 3m
• Kile’s weight is 30 pounds less than the product of Mindy’s weight and 3.
• Therefore, Kile's weight can be represent by this:
• 
  `3m - 30`

3m - 30

Hope you could get an idea from here.

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