Question

Wendy has only nickels and dimes in her pocket. The number of dimes is 8 less than triple the number of nickels. Let n represent the number of nickels. Write an expression for the number of dimes.

Answer 1

The number of dimes is 3n - 8

Explanation:

Here, we are interested in writing an expression for the number of dimes.

We proceed as follows;

Now, there are n nickels with the number of dimes been 8 less than 3 times the number of nickels

That would be;

3(n) -8 = 3n -8