Question

Nancy has 2 more than twice the number of homework problems April has. Nancy has 20 homework problems. In the equation below, p is the number of homework problems April has. What is the value of p?

Answer 1

Answer: 9

Explanation:

Since p is the number of homework problems April has. Since Nancy has 2 more than twice the number of homework problems April has and has 20 homework problems, this can be expressed into an equation as:

(2 × p) + 2 = 20

2p + 2 = 20

2p = 20 - 2

2p = 18

p = 18/2

p = 9

April has 9 homeworks, therefore p is 9.