fIGURE OUT THE AMOUNT OF COINS

Question

nancy had x coins. Bill has 5 coins fewer then 5 times the number of coins nancy has. Write and simplify an expression for the total number of coins Nancy and Bill have Simplify your anwneR.

Answer 1

Nancy has x coins.

 

Therefore, Bill has the following number of coins:   5x - 5

 

If you want an expression for the total number of coins, you would add these two expressions together. :

 

x + 5x - 5

 

then simplify to:

 

6x - 5