Question

Ariel has 19 more CDs than her sister Tiffany has. victor has 3 times as many CDs as Ariel has. Which expression can be used to show how many CDs the three have in total?

Answer 1

Let Tiffany has x CDs

then, Ariel has (x+19) CDs

So, Victor has 3(x+19) CDs

= (3x+ 57) CDs

Expression which can be used to show the total no. of CDs is x+x+19+3x+57

= 5x+ 76