SOLUTION: Thabo has twice as many books as Jimmy. Faith has 6 more books than Jimmy. If Jimmy has x books, give an expression in x for the total number of books the three children have.

Question 1057591: Thabo has twice as many books as Jimmy. Faith has 6 more books than Jimmy. If Jimmy has x books, give an expression in x for the total number of books the three children have.
Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Thabo has twice as many books as Jimmy. Faith has 6 more books than Jimmy. If Jimmy has x books,
give an expression in x for the total number of books the three children have.
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the total number of books the three children have = x + 2x + (x+6) = 4x + 6.

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