Barry has 17 more than two-thirds of the number of cards in his brother's baseball card collection. If x represents the number of baseball cards his brother has, which expression represents the number of baseball cards Barry has?

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Tyson Shea

17 September, 04:39

Barry has 17 more than two-thirds of the number of cards in his brother's baseball card collection. If x represents the number of baseball cards his brother has, which expression represents the number of baseball cards Barry has?

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Sofia Dalton · Answer 1

So let y be represents the number of baseball cards Barry has

x represents the number of baseball cards his brother has

so the expression represents the number of baseball cards Barry has:

(Barry has 17 more than two-thirds of the number of cards in his brother’s baseball card collection.) y = 17 + (2/3) x