Question

Some students equally share 2 baskets of apples. Each basket has 12 apples. Write an algebraic expression to represent this situation. Then explain how you choose which variable and operation to use

Answer 1

Answer:

$y = \frac{24}{x}$ is the algebraic expression to represent the situation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Some students equally share 2 baskets of apples.

Each basket has 12 apples.

To Find:

An algebraic expression to represent the situation = ?

Solution:

Let the number of students be x

The number of apple each one gets be y

then it is said that there are 12 apples in one basket.

So in two basket there will be

=> $2 \times 12$

=> 24 apples

This 24 apples is to be shared among x students, so

Each student will get

$y = \frac{24}{x}$