Answer:
Equation for total number of balls = 8x+6x+5x =19x where x represent a single tennis ball.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that Kayla has;
8 red tennis balls
6 green tennis balls
5 blue tennis balls
Let;
red tennis ball be r
green tennis balls be g
blue tennis balls be b
The total number of tennis balls is 8+5+6=19 balls
Multiplication is a repeated form of addition where ;
5*5*5 = 3*5= 5+5+5= 15
In this case, r+g+b=19 but r ,g and b are not repeated thus applying multiplication equation will not give the sum of the balls
However if you let a single ball to be represented by x then a single ball x will be multiplied by the number of balls in that category to get the total number of balls per color
For red balls= 8x
For green balls=6x
For blue balls=5x.
Total number of balls = 8x+6x+5x =19x where x represent a single tennis ball.
