Question

Give expression for: “ 5 times of ’y’ to which 3 isadded”
(a) y+15
(b) 5y+3
(c) +3
(d) 3y +5

Answer 1

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Thanks for asking thr question .

Ans : (b)

Explanation :

Things to know first-

What is a variable ?
-Variable is a temporary location to store values. The name variable comes from the word 'vary' which means to change frequently.
We can assign any value to a variable. Therefore, it's value is not fixed.

Example for this case : We get the value of x something in one question and a another value in another question.

What does times mean?
- It means multiplication.


Now coming back to our question:

In this case the variable is y

Proceed step by step-

Step I : Multiply 5 by y.

5y

Step II : Add three to it.

5y + 3

Step III : Match your answer with the options given in the question.

The one whichatches will be the required answer.

Here option (b) is matching with our solved answer.

Conclusion : Option (b) is the answer.


Hope it helps you.