Question

Emily has 140 books. If Frank were to triple the number of books that he now owns, he would still have fewer than Emily has.

Answer 1

Answer:

$3b$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let b represent number of books that Frank has.

We have been given that Emily has 140 books.

Triple the number of books Frank would be three times b: $3b$.

If Frank were to triple the number of books that he now owns, he would still have fewer than Emily has.

This means $3b$ is less than 140. We can represent this information in an inequality as:

$3b$

Therefore, the inequality $3b$ represents the given scenario.

Answer 2

B * 3 < 140
B being the number of books Frank owns. Because tripling the amount of books he owns is still less than the amount of book Emily owns, b*3 has to be less than 140