Joan and Jack bought a total of x art kits from a craft store. Each kit contained y beads. Joan and Jack divided the beads equally between them. What

expression can be used to determine the number of beads Joan received?

Hey user

the answer to this is going to be

J = x (1/2y)

Joan received 1/2 of the beads, or y. That means one of the values is 1/2y.

x is the number of kits, and y is determined by x.

J = x (1/2y)

(Assume J equals the number of beads Joan gets, you can assign whatever letters you'd like to that value)