Question

Cierra has 3 more than one half as many purses as Aisha. Define a variable and write en expression to represent the number of purses in Cierra’s collection. Then find the number of purses in Cierra’s collection is Aisha has 12 purses.

Answer 1

Let the variables be c and a.

Then c = (1/2)a + 3.

Since a = 12, c = (1/2)(12) + 3 = 6 + 3 = 9

C. has 9 purses and A. has 12.