Sarah is making a balloon arc, with pink and yellow balloons, for decorating her brother's birthday party. For the balloon arc, she needs 4 more pink balloons than twice the yellow balloons. If she has x yellow balloons, than how many pink balloons are needed to finish making the balloon arc? Write an expression she would use to determine the total amount of balloons needed for the arc.
Twice the yellow balloons is 2*x = <<2*x=2x>>2x
Sarah needs 4 more pink balloons than twice the amount of yellow, which means she needs 2x+4 pink balloons.
Expression for the total amount needed is 2x+4+x=<<2x+4+x=3x+4>>3x+4 balloons. Answer: \boxed{3x+4}.
Can you write a simple expression?
The expression for the total amount of balloons needed for the arc is 2x + 4.
Thank you, I can understand this expression much better.
You're welcome! I'm glad I could help. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.
After looking over the expression do you think it should be 3x + 4 and not 2x +5?
Apologies for the confusion earlier. Yes, you are correct. Based on the information given, the expression should be 3x + 4, rather than 2x + 4. It should account for the fact that Sarah needs "4 more pink balloons than twice the yellow balloons." Thank you for catching that mistake!
The question was if she has x yellow balloons how many pink balloons does she need to finish the arc. She has 4 more pink balloons than twice the yellow balloons.
Apologies for the confusion once again. If Sarah has x yellow balloons, she would need 2x + 4 pink balloons to finish the arc. Thank you for bringing this to my attention!
So exactly how many more pink balloons would she?
If Sarah has x yellow balloons, she would need 2x + 4 pink balloons to finish the arc. Therefore, she would need 4 more pink balloons than twice the number of yellow balloons.
I should ask how many more pink balloons (in numbers) she would actually need to complete the arc?
Apologies for the confusion. To determine the exact number of additional pink balloons Sarah would need to complete the arc, we would need the specific value of x (the number of yellow balloons). Once we have that value, we can substitute it into the expression 2x + 4 to calculate the number of additional pink balloons she would need.
What is the specific value x of the yellow balloons?
The specific value of x (the number of yellow balloons) is not provided in the given question. Without knowing the value of x, we cannot determine the exact number of additional pink balloons Sarah would need to complete the arc.
Sarah needed 4 more pink balloons than twice the yellow balloons. If she has x yellow balloons, how many pink balloons are needed? Write a simple expression she would use to determine the TOTAL number of balloons needed for the arc.
Apologies for any confusion caused earlier. To determine the total number of balloons needed for the arc, we can use the given information:
Sarah needs 4 more pink balloons than twice the number of yellow balloons.
If she has x yellow balloons, twice the number of yellow balloons would be represented as 2x. Adding 4 more pink balloons gives us 2x + 4.
So, the simple expression Sarah would use to determine the total number of balloons needed for the arc is: 2x + 4.