Question

Sergio has p
paintings in his art collection. He and other local painting collectors agreed to donate a total of 48
paintings to the local museum. Each of the 12
collectors will donate the same number of paintings.
How many paintings will Sergio have in his art collection after his donation?

Answer 1

Since there are 48 paintings being donated by 12 collectors, then we can say that each collector will donate 4 paintings.

This means that Sergio will have 4 less paintings then he had before, which was represented by p . Thus, our expression is now .

p - 4

Answer 2

Answer:

p - 4

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