Question

Monica likes to watch birds and keep track of those she sees. One week Monica saw 25 cardinals and 12 finches. Write an expression for the number of cardinals and finches she saw.

Answer 1

Monica saw a total of 37 cardinals and finches

Solution:

Given that, Monica likes to watch birds and keep track of those she sees

One week Monica saw 25 cardinals and 12 finches

To find: Number of cardinals and finches she saw

From given,

Number of cardinals = c = 25

Number of finches = f = 12

Let "t" be the number of cardinals and finches she saw

Then we can say,

Total number of finches and cardinals = Number of cardinals + Number of finches

$t = c+f\\\\t = 25+12\\\\t = 37$

Thus she saw 37 cardinals and finches