Question

1.A clown made 3 times as many balloon hats as balloon dogs. He made 4 more balloon dogs than balloon swords.Write an algebraic expression for the number of balloon hats the clown made.
2.In the algebraic expression 7/y what is coefficient of y? Explain.

Answer 1

Let x=balloon swords
let x+4=balloon dogs (four more than x is x+4)
let x+7=balloon hats (three more than x+4 is x+7)
the answer is x+7

I don't know how to correctly explain the second answer (although I do know that it is 1)