Bill and Felicia each bake cookies for a party. Bill bakes 3 times as many cookies as Felicia. Felicia bakes 24 fewer cookies th

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Bill and Felicia each bake cookies for a party. Bill bakes 3 times as many cookies as Felicia. Felicia bakes 24 fewer cookies th

an Bill. Bill bakes b cookies and Felicia bakes f cookies. What equation can represent this word problem

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denis-greek [22] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-13T16:02:36+03:00

Answer:

b = 3f
f = b -24

Step-by-step explanation:

The word problem describes two relationships between the numbers of cookies baked. When b and f represent the numbers of cookies baked by Bill and Felicia, respectively, those relationships are ...

Bill bakes 3 times as many cookies as Felicia. (b = 3f)
Felicia bakes 24 fewer cookies than Bill. (f = b-24)