Question

if Julie has eight times as many CDs as Jack and Tira has seven times as many as Julie, write an algebraic expression for the number of CDs each has in terms of one variable, x. Let x represent the number of CDs that Jack owns. the number of CDs that Julie owns in terms of x is ______

Answer 1

We have

x is the number of CDs Jack has.

Julie's Cd's =8x

Tira's Cd's= 7(8x)=56x

the number of CDs that Julie owns in terms of x is 8x