Question

Samuel bough 32 Ibs. of mulch this week. this amount is 4 IB. more than twice the amount of mulch bought last week. answer the following questions to find the number of pounds of mulch samuel purchased last week.

What is the unknown information?


Let p represent the unknown information wire and equation to model the problem.

Which number, 12, 13 or 14, will solve the equation.


how many pounds of mulch did Samuel buy last week?

Answer 1

Answer: 14

Explanation:

The unknown information is the "amount of mulch bought last week"

32 is 4 more than twice amount last week

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓

32 = 4 + 2 × p

32 = 2p + 4

-4 -4

28 = 2p

÷2 ÷2

14 = p

The unknown quantity (p) is 14.