Question

Weston often loses his left shoe. He now has three times as many right shoes as left. He has 15 right shoes total. Which statement represent the amount of left shoes Weston still has?

Answer 1

ANSWER:

The option C

$3l=15$

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

We can calculate the equation that represents the situation as follows:

let r, right shoe

let l, left shoes

$\begin{gathered} r=3l \\ r=15 \\ r=r \\ \text{replacing} \\ 3l=15 \end{gathered}$

The statment is 3l = 15, the option C