Question

Anelle is in charge of bringing in dry erase markers for everyone in her math group to use to work on a project. She brings 3 markers for each person in her group and 5 extra markers for everyone to share. If Janelle brings in 23 markers in all, which equation represents the information?

Answer 1

3x + 5 = 23

Explanation:

Let x represents the number of persons in her group.

Since she brings 3 markers for each person, then number of markers brought for persons in her group = 3x.

She brings 5 extra markers for each person to share.

Thus, total markers she brought is now;

3x + 5

She brought 23 markers in all.

Thus, equation that represents the information is;

3x + 5 = 23