Question

Lola has h hats. Polly has triple as many hats as Lola. Darla has eight less hats than Polly.

a. Write an expression for how many hats each person has in terms of h.

Answer 1

number of Lola hats = h

number of Polly hats = 3h

number of Darla hats = 3h - 8

Explanation:

Lola has h number of hats . Polly has triple as many as Lola . Then Darla has eight number of hat less than Polly. The expression for how many hat each person has in terms of h can be express below.

Let

number of Lola hats = h

number of Polly hats = 3h (recall Polly has triple as many as Lola)

number of Darla hats = 3h - 8(Note Darla has 8 number less of hats than Polly who already have 3h number of hats)

The simplest way to explain this is that Lola has h number of hats. This means she has h number of hats .Polly has triple of Lola hats, this implies that 3 times h of Lola hats is Polly hats. Then finally Darla hats is 8 less than Polly hats. This simply means if you subtract 8 from Polly's hats you have gotten Darla's hats.