Question

Alex eats 2 pieces of candy. Marisol eats 3 times as many pieces of candy as Alex. Which equation can be used to determine the amount of candy that Marisol eats? Let a represent Alex and m represent Marisol.

m=3a
m=3a+2
m=2a
m=2a+3

Answer 1

m = 3a

Explanation:

The number of pieces of candy eaten by Alex is not important.

The only thing that matters is that Marisol eats 3 times as many pieces of candy.

If a is the number eaten by Andy, then 3 times a equals the number of pieces of candy eaten by Marisol, or m=3a