SOLUTION: Julie found 8 coins in her house. Her brother Mark found 1/4 of the number of coins as their friend Timmy. Timmy found 4 more coins than Julie. Make an expression that could be use

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Question 1149212: Julie found 8 coins in her house. Her brother Mark found 1/4 of the number of coins as their friend Timmy. Timmy found 4 more coins than Julie. Make an expression that could be used to find the number of that Mark found, how do you know the answer is right.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) About Me  (Show Source):
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Julie          8
Mark         (1/4)(4+8)
Timmy         4+8

The numeric expressions are literally what the description said.







fixed Mark's expression

Answer by ikleyn(52848) About Me  (Show Source):
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Julie found 8 coins in her house. Her brother Mark found 1/4 of the number of coins as their friend Timmy.
Timmy found 4 more coins than Julie. Make an expression that could be used to find the number of that Mark found,
how do you know the answer is right. 


Julie found  8 coins.


Timmy found  (8+4) = 12 coins.


Mark found   {{(1/4)*(8+4)}}} = %281%2F4%29%2A12 = 3 coins.    ANSWER


Notice, it is not the value predicted by @josgarithmetic, which is totally wrong.