document.write( "Question 1020618: Pat buys 3 can of pop per week. This is two more than one fifth of the number of cans of juices Pat buys per week. What is the number of cans of juice Pat buys per week? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #636481 by addingup(3677) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let's call the number of cans of juice x.
\n" ); document.write( "The problem says: two more than one fifth of the number of cans of juices = 3 (read it carefully, that's what it says). So:
\n" ); document.write( "1/5x+2 = 3 Subtract 2 both sides
\n" ); document.write( "1/5x = 1 Multiply both sides time 5:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 5 cans of juice is what he buys per week. \n" ); document.write( "

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