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  • 21-04-2016
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Cierra has 3 more than one half as many purses as Aisha. Define a variable and write an expression to represent the number of purses in Cierra's collection. Then find the number of purses in Cierra's collection if Aisha has 12 purses.

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  • 22-04-2016

Here is the answer.


x
= number of Cierra's purses


y
= number of Aisha's purses


Equation
=


y/2

  • 3 = x

12/2

  • 3 = x

6

  • 3 = 9


Cierra
has 9 purses

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