Question

Barry has 17 more than two-thirds of the number of cards in his brother’s baseball card collection. If x represents the number of baseball cards his brother has, which expression represents the number of baseball cards Barry has?

Answer 1

The correct answer is (B) 2/3x + 17

Answer 2

So let y be represents the number of baseball cards Barry has
x represents the number of baseball cards his brother has
so the expression represents the number of baseball cards Barry has:
(Barry has 17 more than two-thirds of the number of cards in his brother’s baseball card collection. )y = 17 + (2/3)x