Question

Lisa went to the mall to do her back to school shopping. Went she returned, she noticed that the number of shirts (s) she purchased was 3 more than twice the number of pants (p) she bought. What is an equation that can be used to represent the number of shirts Lisa purchased?

Answer 1

s = 2p+3

Explanation:

Let the number of shirts be represented as s

Let the number of pants be represented as p

If she noticed that the number of shirts (s) she purchased was 3 more than twice the number of pants (p) she bought, this is represented mathematically as:

Twice the number of pants:

= 2 * p

= 2p

3 more than twice the number of pants (p) is:

= 2p + 3

If s represents the number of shirts bought, then:

s = 2p+3

Hence the equation that can be used to represent the number of shirts Lisa purchased is s = 2p+3