Question

17. A bag contains 2x yellow counters, 4x + 6 red counters and 6x - 10 blue counters. a. Write an expression, in terms of x, for the total number of counters in the bag.
The total number of counters in the bag is 44.
b. Work out the number of blue counters in the bag.
c. How many more red counters are there than blue counters in the bag?​

Answer 1

Answer: 12x-4, 14 counters, 8 more counters

Step-by-step explanation:  There are 2x yellow, 4x+6 red, and 6x-10 blue counters. We need to add all of this up to get the total number of counters. We first add the x's : 2x+4x+6x = 12x. Then we add the numbers. 6+ (-10) is -4. So, our expression is 12x-4. Next, we need to find out how many blue counters are in the bag. We know that there are 44 total counters and we need to find x because all the counters have x in them. 12x-4 = 44. We first add 4 to both sides to get 12x= 48 and x = 4. blue has 6x-10 counters so, blue has 24-10 = 14 counters. Red has 16+6 = 22 counters. 22-14 = 8 more counters