Problema Solution

Jen has half as many siblings as Mark. Jen has three siblings. Which equation can be solved to find the number of siblings Mark has?

a. 3m =2

b. 2m =3

c. m/3 =2

d. m/2 = 3

Answer provided by our tutors

if m is the number of siblings that Mark has then: Jen has three siblings which is half as many siblings as Mark can be written as


3 = (1/2)m


(1/2)m = 3


m/2 = 3


the answer is d. m/2 = 3