Paula and Miranda were ask to write an expression to find the total number of shoes in a closet . Let s represent the number of pairs of shoes. Paula wrote s and Miranda wrote 2s. Who is correct ? Explain

Answer 1

since there are 2 shoes for each pair, 2s is the correct expression for the number of shoes in s pairs.

Answer 2

Elizabeth and her 2 sisters are counting shoes. If s= the total number of shoes total for all 3 girls and P= how many pairs write the equation that will solve for the total shoes they own .