document.write( "Question 838154: One student missed 3 questions on a science test. Another person missed 1 more than twice as many questions as the first person. How many questions did the second person miss? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #504913 by KMST(5328)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let's read the story in smaller pieces, and understand what each piece means. \n" ); document.write( "What is meant by \"the second person\"? \n" ); document.write( "What is meant by \"the first person\"? \n" ); document.write( "What is meant by \"1 more than\"? \n" ); document.write( "What is meant by \"twice as many as\"? \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "One student missed \n" ); document.write( "The \"first person\" in this story is that \"one student\" who missed \n" ); document.write( "The \"second person\" is that \"another person\" the problem talks about. \n" ); document.write( "It says that \"another person missed 1 more than twice as many questions as the first person\". \n" ); document.write( "That \"second person\" missed 1 more than twice as many questions as the first person. \n" ); document.write( "\"Twice as many as\" means \n" ); document.write( "In the problem, that means \n" ); document.write( "so it is \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "Then, \" \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "We could write \n" ); document.write( "The \"second person\", \n" ); document.write( "who missed 1 more than twice as many questions as the first person, \n" ); document.write( "missed |