Question

There are y boats on a lake there are 6 people in each boat write an expression in term of y for the total number of people in the boats

Answer 1

6y people are in the boats

Explanation:

Here, we are interested in writing an expression for the total number of people in the boats.

We have 6 people in each of the boats and there are a total of y boats.

The total number of people in the boats is thus y * 6 = 6y people