Question

How would you write "there were 3 times as many baby dinosaurs as adult dinosaurs" as an algebraic equation where x = baby dinosaurs and y = adult dinosaurs?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

x = 3y

or y = x/3

bottom line : there are three times as many x as there are y. or the number of y is 1/3 of x.

Answer 2

X = 3y

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