Question

Ms. Canton has a book case. On three of the shelves there are the same amount of books. On another shelf there are four of her favorite books. Write an expression to represent all of the books in Ms. Canton's book case. Explain your answer

Answer 1

y = 3x + 4

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the given question, the expression to represent all the books in Ms. Canton's bookcase is shown below:-

y indicates the total amount of books

x indicates the equal cost of books on 3 bookshelves

while

+4 indicates 4 other books on the fourth bookshelf

So, the expression will be

y = 3x + 4

Therefore the correct answer is y = 3x + 4