Question

Sergio has p paintings in his art collection. He and other local painting collectors agreed to donate a total of 48 paintings to the local museum. Each of the 12 collectors will donate the same number of paintings.

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Sergio has p paintings in his art collection. He and other local painting collectors agreed to donate a total of 48 paintings to the local museum. Each of the 12 collectors will donate the same number of paintings. How many paintings will Sergio have in his art collection after his donation? Write your answer as an expression.

Answer:

The expression representing number of paintings Sergio will have in his art collection after his donation is $p-4$.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Number of paintings Sergio has = 'p'

Number of collectors donating the painting = 12

Total Number of paintings donated = 48

We need to find Number of paintings will Sergio have in his art collection after his donation.

Solution:

First we will find the number of painting donated by each collector.

Now number of painting donated by each collector will be equal to Total number of paintings donated divided by Number of collectors donating the painting.

framing in equation form we get;

number of painting donated by each collector = $\frac{48}{12}=4 \ paintings$

Number of paintings will Sergio have in his art collection after his donation will be equal to number of paintings he has minus number of painting he donated.

framing in equation form we get;

Number of paintings will Sergio have in his art collection after his donation = $p-4$

Hence The expression representing number of paintings Sergio will have in his art collection after his donation is $p-4$.