Ethan bought 3 new baseballs. Bethany has three times as many baseballs as Ethan now has. Let [tex]x[/tex] represent the number of baseballs Ethan had before he bought any new ones. Together, they now have 44 baseballs.

A. Write an equation to represent the situation.

B. How many baseballs did Ethan have before he bought any new ones?

Question

A. Write an equation to represent the situation.

B. How many baseballs did Ethan have before he bought any new ones?

Porshia · Answer

The equation is (X + 3) + (x + 3 ✖️3)=44 Ethan had 12 baseballs. Steps: 
 
 You do 44 dived by 3 which is 14.66 repeating 
 You subtract 3 
 You get 11.66 repeating 
 You round up to 12

Anonymous · Answer

4x+12 . (x=8) 
 Ethan had 8 baseballs before he bought any new ones.

Porshia · Answer

The equation representing the situation is ( x + 3 ) + 3 ( x + 3 ) = 44 . Solving this gives us that Ethan had 8 baseballs before he made his purchase. 
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