"Sonya has X amount of money. Bob has three times as much as Sonya has, less $14.62. Write an expression , using X, that tells how much does Bob has." You sail is: 3x-14.62 but this is the expression and I need to know how much in dollars,too.... please

User Icon for drwls drwls answered
14 years ago

already answered

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To find out how much money Bob has, we can substitute the value of X given in the problem into the expression 3X - 14.62. Since X represents the amount of money that Sonya has, substituting the value of X will give us the amount of money Bob has in terms of dollars.

Let's say Sonya has $Y. In this case, X is equal to Y since X represents the amount of money Sonya has. Therefore, we can rewrite the expression as 3Y - 14.62.

Now, if we are given a specific amount of money Sonya has (for example, let's say Sonya has $20), we can substitute that value into the expression 3Y - 14.62 to find how much money Bob has.

Using the example where Sonya has $20, we substitute Y = 20 into the expression:
3(20) - 14.62 = 60 - 14.62 = $45.38

So, when Sonya has $20, Bob has $45.38.