Question

Miguel is posting photos on a school website. He has 48 photos, and he is allowed to use 12 pages. He wants to put the same number of photos, p, on each page.

1.) 48p = 12
2.) 12 + p = 48
3.) 12p = 48
4.) 48 = p - 12
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Answer 1

The answer is 3.)

Explanation:

Answer 2

3. 12p = 48

Explanation:

Start with 12p = 48

Your goal is to find the number of photos, p, that can go on each page. To do this, you need to isolate p (in other words, get p by itself)

Divide both sides by 12 and you end up with:

p = 4