SOLUTION: A camp leader figures that she needs one tent for every three campers, plus a tent for herself. Define a variable and write an expression to represent the number of tents needed

Question 860731: A camp leader figures that she needs one tent for every three campers, plus a tent for herself. Define a variable and write an expression to represent the number of tents needed
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

Let x represent the number of campers

tent needed  = x/3 + 1    

 

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