Question

Bill and Felicia each bake cookies for a party. Bill bakes 3 times as many cookies as Felicia. Felicia bakes 24 fewer cookies than Bill. Bill bakes b cookies and Felicia bakes f cookies. What equation can represent this word problem

Answer 1

• b = 3f
• f = b -24

Explanation:

The word problem describes two relationships between the numbers of cookies baked. When b and f represent the numbers of cookies baked by Bill and Felicia, respectively, those relationships are ...

1. Bill bakes 3 times as many cookies as Felicia. (b = 3f)
2. Felicia bakes 24 fewer cookies than Bill. (f = b-24)