The number of students trying out for the boy’s basketball team is 3 more than 2 times the number of students trying out for the girl’s basketball team. If g represents the number of girls trying out for the team, which expression represents the number of students trying out for the boy’s basketball team?

Question

3g - 2

3g

3g + 2

2g + 3

Answer 1

To find the expression that represents the number of boys trying out for the basketball team in terms of the number of girls (g), we can analyze the information given in the problem.

It states that the number of students trying out for the boy’s basketball team is "3 more than 2 times the number of students trying out for the girl’s basketball team."

This can be translated into the following mathematical expression:

1. "2 times the number of girls" can be expressed as \(2g\).
2. "3 more than that" means we need to add 3 to this quantity.

So, the expression for the number of boys trying out for the team is:

\[ 2g + 3 \]

Thus, the correct answer is:

2g + 3.