Question

a bag of peaches has 3 more than 2 times the number of bananas in a bag of bananas. if there are 17 peaches in a bag, how many bananas are in the bag of bananas?

Answer 1

this can be turned into an equation to be solved more easily. so the amount of bananas can be x. there are 17 peaches. So the equation would be:

(17 - 3) ÷ 2 = x

you begin with what's inside the parenthesis

17 - 3 = 14.

14 ÷2 = 7

x = 7

there are 7 bananas in the bag of bananas