SOLUTION: Acorn woodpeckers live in families. The family memebers collect acorns and store them in trunks of tress. Day number collected number eaten Monday 23

Question 224846: Acorn woodpeckers live in families. The family memebers collect acorns and store them in trunks of tress.
Day number collected number eaten
Monday 23 8
Tuesday 29 10
Wednesday 42 9
Which expression best describes the information in the table if the family has stored X amount of acorns before Monday? Why?
a. x+ (-23) +8 (-29) + 10 + (-42) + 9
b. x + 23 +(-89) + 29 +(-10) + 42 + (-9)
c. 23 + (-8)+ 29 + (-10) + 42 + 9-9) - x
d. 23 + 8 + (-29) + 10 + (-42) + 9 x
Answer by LtAurora(115) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The asnwer would be b, assuming the second term is (-8), not (-89).
You add the amount stored to x and subtract any that were eaten to give you how many are left.
Just like if you had 5 sandwhiches, made 3 more, and had 6 eaten. 5+3-6=2 sandwhiches left.
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