Barry, a tennis pro, bought y cases of tennis balls. Each case contains x cans of tennis balls. Each can contains 3 balls. What expression would represent the total of tennis balls?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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To formulate the expression that would represent the total of tennis balls, first list the given data. y represents cases of tennis balls, each case contains x cans of tennis balls and each can contains 3 balls. Based on the given data we can say that x times 3 or 3x can represent the expression each can contains 3 balls since x is the representation of cans. Now, y represent cases and inside of the cases contains the cans x. This can be expressed by y(x) and since each can contains 3 balls in a can, then the expression becomes y(3x). Therefore, the expression that would represent the total of tennis balls is y(3x).