Question

Cierra has 3 more than one half as many purses as Aisha.

Define a variable and write an expression to represent the number of purses in cierra's collection. Then find the number of purses in cierra's collection if Aisha had 12 purses ?

Answer 1

Aisha has 12 purses. 1/2 of 12 is 6. 6+3=9 Cierra has 9 purses.
12ax1/2+3 i hope that helped a bit.

Answer 2

The expression that represent the number of purses in Cierra's collection is:
`C=3+((1)/(2) *A)`

If Aisha had 12 purses, Cierra has 9 purses

Explanation:

Lets call C the number of purses of Cierra and A the number of purses of Aisha.

Now, We can separate the sentence in the question and write a equation as:

Cierra - has - 3 - more than - one half - as - many purses as Aisha

C = 3 + ( 1/2) * A

So, the expression that represent the number of purses in Cierra's collection is:

`C=3+((1)/(2) *A)`

Then, if Aisha had 12 purses, we can replace the A by 12 in the equation and calculate C as:

`C=3+((1)/(2) *12)`

C=3+6

C=9

So, If Aisha had 12 purses, Cierra has 9 purses