Question

A problem states: "There are 3 more baseballs than bats in a dugout. There are 15 bats and baseballs in the dugout in all. How many bats are there in the dugout?"
Let b represent the number of bats.

Which equation represents the situation?

A. 2(b+3)=15

B. b + 3 = 15

C. 2b + 3 = 15

D. 2b−3=15

Answer 1

The answer is C) 2b + 3 = 15.

Answer 2

B = bats
x = baseballs

b + x = 15
x = b + 3

b + b + 3 = 15
2b + 3 = 15 <==