A) Alexei is stocking a shelf at the store. The shelf can hold 58 cans, so he can still put 39 cans on the

Question

shelf before it is full. Create an equation to make sense of the problem and solve it to find out how many
cans are already on the shelf. Which equation and answer are correct? (1 point)

Answer 1

To solve the problem, we can set up the following equation based on the information given:

Let \( x \) be the number of cans that are already on the shelf.

According to the problem, the shelf can hold a total of 58 cans, and there are still 39 cans that can be put on it. Therefore, we can express this situation with the equation:

\[ x + 39 = 58 \]

Now we can solve for \( x \):

1. Subtract 39 from both sides: \[ x = 58 - 39 \]
2. Calculate the right side: \[ x = 19 \]

So, there are already 19 cans on the shelf.

The correct equation is: \[ x + 39 = 58 \] And the answer is \( x = 19 \).