Question

Cheryl has some oranges. She put the oranges in p boxes of three oranges each and has two oranges left. Express the total number of oranges Cheryl has in terms of p.

Answer 1

Answer:

so she had x oranges

she put the oranges into p boxes with 3 in each box and had 2 left so

total=3 times p+2 or

total=3p+2