SOLUTION: please solve this problem for me. Murphy has 18 pencils. She has 3 times as many pencils as pens.Which of these equations represent how to find the number of pens Murphy has? (

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Question 731934: please solve this problem for me.
Murphy has 18 pencils. She has 3 times as many pencils as pens.Which of these equations represent how to find the number of pens Murphy has?
(n= number of pens Murphy has)
A.18+3=n
b.18x3=n
c.18-3=n
d.18 divided 3 n
Answer by fcabanski(1391) About Me  (Show Source):
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# of pencils (p=18) is (=) three times the number of pens (3n).


18=3n


18/3 = n (answer d)

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