Each person in share's family of 5 eats 3 bowls of cereal each week. Her mother is going grocery shopping and wants to know how many bowls of cereal they will eat over the next 4 weeks.

write and solve an equation to find how many bowls of cereal the family will eat. Use a letter for the unknown quantity.

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27 November, 00:49

Each person in share's family of 5 eats 3 bowls of cereal each week. Her mother is going grocery shopping and wants to know how many bowls of cereal they will eat over the next 4 weeks.

write and solve an equation to find how many bowls of cereal the family will eat. Use a letter for the unknown quantity.

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Yadiel Armstrong · Answer 1

Y = 5 (3x) ... y = total number of bowls and x = number of weeks

for 4 weeks ... x = 4

y = 5 (3*4)

y = 5 (12)

y = 60 ... so the family will eat 60 bowls in 4 weeks

Larissa Sexton · Answer 2

Larissa Sexton 27 November, 02:41

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5x3x4=n is the answer