Question

Sahil is putting together supply kits and has 36 packs of x pencils, 12 packs of y crayons, and 24 erasers.

a. Write an expression to show the total number of items.

b. Use factoring to show many kits Sahil can make while putting every type of item in each kit.

c. Use the factored expression to find the number of each item in each kit.

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

a. use what's given in the question to write an equation

36x + 12y + 24e (using e as the variable for erasers)

b. 12 is the greatest common factor between the coefficients/ constant so factor it out

12 (3x + y + 2e)

12 kits

c. use the factored expression to see how many of each item

3x - 3 pencils

y - 1 crayon

2e - 2 erasers