Question

20 POINTS!! Betty arranged equal numbers of movies on four shelves of a shelving unit and placed 6 of her favorite movies on the top shelf. If x is the number of movies on each shelf, the expression for the total number of movies on the shelving unit is 4x + 6.

If each of the 4 shelves holds 12 movies, how many movies does Betty have on her shelving unit? Show your work.

Answer 1

54 movies

Explanation:

shelving unit has 4x + 6 movies

and each holds 12 movies,

then x =12

Then solve 4x + 6 for x= 12

4(12) + 6 = 54