a. 1957 total CDs.
X pop CDs.
x-256 hip-hop CDs.
(x-256)/3 country CDs.
x + (x-256) + (x-256)/3 = 1957.
Multiply both sides by 3 and solve for x.
c. Country CDs/3.
A store has a total of 1,957 CD's. The number of hip-hop CD's is 256 fewer than the number of pop CD's. There are three times as many hip-hop CD's as country CD's.
a. draw bar models to represent the amount of each of the three types of CD's.
b. write the expression you used to determine the value of a unit in your bar model.
c. if all of the country CD's were placed into three boxes, how many CD's would there be in each box?
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