Question

Somebody has P paintings in his art collection he and other local pain in collectors agreed to donate a total of 48 paintings to the local museum each of the 12 collectors will donate the same number of paintings how many paying's will that person have in his artwork collection after his donation write your answer is an expression expression

Answer 1

The person will have P-4 paintings left

Explanation:

We are told that the total number of painters who entered into the painting donation agreement to the local museum is 12 painters

and they all agreed to donate 48 paintings equally

so each painter will donate

48/12= 4paintings

Since this person already had P paintings in his art collection

his painting will reduce by the 4 paintings he denoted to the local museum\

hence he will have

P-4 paintings remaining