SOLUTION: Louis collects comic books. He buys 3 comics a week for a year. Let "X" represent the value of weeks and write an equation that would calculate the number of weeks it has been in L

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Question 570381: Louis collects comic books. He buys 3 comics a week for a year. Let "X" represent the value of weeks and write an equation that would calculate the number of weeks it has been in Louis has 48 comics.
I can't seem to think of any other way to write it except X*3=48 but that seems incorrect...
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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Louis collects comic books. He buys 3 comics a week for a year. Let "X" represent the value of weeks and write an equation that would calculate the number of weeks it has been in Louis has 48 comics.
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# of comics = 3x where x is # of weeks.
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Solve:
48 = 3x
x = 16 (# of weeks)
Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let's see, using your theory, in 1 week he would have , in 2 weeks, , etc. seems perfectly reasonable to me. Why does it seem incorrect to you?

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it