Question

Shaun and trudy are selling raffle tickets. So far shaun has sold x tickets. Trudy has sold 3 more tickets than half the number of tickets that shaun sold.what expression represents the number of raffle tickets that shaun and trudy have sold altogether?

Answer 1

x/2 +3 + x

Explanation:

Trudy sold x/2 + 3 tickets compared to shaun. So the total number of tickets they sold overall is x/2 +3 + x.

Answer 2

x/2 + 3

Explanation:

Shaun sold x tickets.

Trudy has sold 3 more tickets than half the number of tickets that Shaun sold.

Half the number Shaun sold is x/2.

3 more than that is x/2 + 3

Answer: x/2 + 3