Question

Sherry has rings and bracelets in her jewelry box. The number of rings is 7 less than 3 times of the number of bracelets. How many pieces of jewelry does she have if she has 4 bracelets?

Answer 1

9 jewelries

Step-by-step explanation

We want to find the total number of pieces of jewelry.

Let the number of rings be r.

Let the number of bracelets be b.

The number of rings is 7 less than 3 times the number of bracelets.

This means that:

r = (3 * b) - 7

r = 3b - 7

She has 4 bracelets. This means that:

r = 3(4) - 7

r = 12 - 7

r = 5

She has 5 rings.

Therefore, the total number of jewelry she has is:

5 + 4

= 9 jewelries

That is the answer.