Question

Cierra has 3 more than one half as many purses as Aisha. Define a variable and write an expression to represent the number of purses in Cierra's collection. Then find the number of purses in Cierra's collection if Aisha has 12 purses.

Answer 1

Here is the answer.

x = number of Cierra's purses

y = number of Aisha's purses

Equation =

y/2 + 3 = x

12/2 + 3 = x

6 + 3 = 9

Cierra has 9 purses