The temperature on Wednesday was 8° more than a third of Tuesday's temperature. If T represents Tuesday's temperature, write an expression for Wednesday's temperature, W.

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Moss

21 April, 17:16

The temperature on Wednesday was 8° more than a third of Tuesday's temperature. If T represents Tuesday's temperature, write an expression for Wednesday's temperature, W.

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Bryant Forbes · Answer 1

I love these problems - - you don't have to do math - - it's all just reading and using logic! So we're saying T represents Tuesday. 8 more than can be expressed as what? + 8. A third can be expressed as what? 1/3. What are we splitting into thirds? T. Therefore, 1/3t+8 is your answer.