Alexei is stocking a shelf at the store. The shelf can hold 58 cans, so he can still put 39 cans on the shelf before it is full. Create an equation to make sense of the problem and solve it to find out how many cans are already on the shelf. Which equation and answer are correct?

Question

Alexei is stocking a shelf at the store. The shelf can hold 58 cans, so he can still put 39 cans on the shelf before it is full. Create an equation to make sense of the problem and solve it to find out how many cans are already on the shelf. Which equation and answer are correct?

Responses

c+39=58 and −19

c−58=39 and 97

c+39=58 and 19

c−58=39 and 97

Answer 1

The correct equation is c + 39 = 58, and the correct answer is 19.

Answer 2

The correct equation to make sense of the problem is c + 39 = 58, where "c" represents the number of cans already on the shelf.

To solve the equation, we need to isolate the variable "c" on one side of the equation.

Starting with the equation c + 39 = 58:

1. Subtract 39 from both sides of the equation:
c + 39 - 39 = 58 - 39
c = 19

Therefore, the correct equation and answer are c + 39 = 58 and c = 19.

Answer 3

To solve this problem, we can use the given information that the shelf can hold 58 cans and 39 cans can still be put on the shelf before it is full. Let's set up the equation:

c + 39 = 58

The variable "c" represents the number of cans already on the shelf. We want to find the value of "c". Now we can solve the equation:

Subtract 39 from both sides:

c + 39 - 39 = 58 - 39

c = 19

Therefore, the correct equation is "c + 39 = 58" and the correct answer is 19.