Question

Which situation is represented by the equation? 6n + 5 = 3n + 20

A) Jenny and Pat all together have 6n + 3n cookies, Jenny has 5 cookies and Pat has 20 cookies. How many cookies does Jenny have?
B) Jenny and Pat all together have 5 + 20 cookies, Jenny has 6n cookies and Pat has 3n cookies. How many cookies does Jenny have?
C) Jenny and Pat all together have 3n + 20 cookies, Jenny has 6n cookies and Pat has 5 cookies. How many cookies does Jenny have?
D) Jenny and Pat all together have 3n + 20 cookies, Jenny has 6n plus 5 cookies more than and Pat. How many cookies does Jenny have?

Answer 1

D,

Explanation:

She has more than pat so you would take pats amount of cookies and add 5 then add that to 6n and you get jennys cookies.

Answer 2

D) Jenny and Pat all together have 3n + 20 cookies, Jenny has 6n plus 5 cookies more than and Pat. How many cookies does Jenny have?

Explanation:

The given equation is:

`6n+5=3n+20`

The situation that is represented here is :

D: Jenny and Pat all together have 3n + 20 cookies, Jenny has 6n plus 5 cookies more than and Pat. How many cookies does Jenny have?

Basically we have to find the cookies that Jenny has. It is given that jenny has 6n+5 cookies that is equal to the number of cookies Jenny and Pat both have, i. e 3n+20.