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.
Answer: 9 purses
Step-by-step explanation:
Let X be the unknown number. Technically X is 12 because it says in the problem. X1/2+3= 12×1/2= 6+3= 9. So, 9 purses