cassie and connor are selling peaches yesterday cassie sold 31 peachesconnor sold p fewer peaches than cassie.
a. suppose connor sold 50 peaches today explain how to write an expression for the number of peaches cassie sold today if connor sold p fewer peaches than cassie.pls help me
To write an expression for the number of peaches Cassie sold today, we can use the information given. Let's denote the number of peaches Cassie sold yesterday as "C" and the number of peaches Connor sold today as "P."
We know that Connor sold p fewer peaches than Cassie, and we are given that Connor sold 50 peaches today. Therefore, we can express this mathematically as:
P = C - p, where P = 50 and C = 31.
Now we need to calculate the number of peaches Cassie sold today, denoted as "C1." Using the equation above, we substitute the known values:
50 = 31 - p.
To isolate p on one side of the equation, we can rearrange it:
p = 31 - 50.
Simplifying this equation, we get:
p = -19.
Finally, we can substitute this value of p back into the original equation to find the number of peaches Cassie sold today:
C1 = C - p,
C1 = 31 - (-19),
C1 = 31 + 19,
C1 = 50.
Therefore, we can conclude that Cassie sold 50 peaches today if Connor sold 50 peaches and sold p fewer peaches than Cassie.
To write an expression for the number of peaches Cassie sold today, given that Connor sold p fewer peaches than Cassie, follow these steps:
1. Let's denote the number of peaches Cassie sold today as 'C'.
2. Since Connor sold p fewer peaches than Cassie, the number of peaches he sold today would be 'C - p'.
3. We are given that Connor sold 50 peaches today, so we can equate 'C - p' to 50: 'C - p = 50'.
4. To find the number of peaches Cassie sold today (C), we can re-arrange the equation: 'C = 50 + p'.
Therefore, the expression for the number of peaches Cassie sold today if Connor sold p fewer peaches than Cassie is 'C = 50 + p'.
if Connor sold p fewer than Cassie
then Cassie sold p more than Connor
Connor sold 50
so Cassie sold 50+p