Question

Juanita is having a party at her house she is inviting 12 people.there will be 3 times as many boys as girls invited. let x represent the number of girls invited to the party.which equation will you use to find the number of girls invited

Answer 1

X + 3x = 12 

(Or 4x=12)

the first x is the number of girls then the second x is the girls times 3, which is how many boys there are.