Sergio has p paintings in his art collectikn. he and other local painting collectits agreed to donate a total of 48 paintings to the lical 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?

Let

p>total paintings that Sergio has in his art collection

step 1

Find the number of paintings that each collectors will donate

Divide the total paintings that the collectors will donate by the number of total collectors

=(48/12)=4 painting

Find the numbers of paintings will sergio have in his art collection after his donation

p-4

therefore

the answer is

(p-4)

answer: 42

use a calculator to find that 845/73 = 11.575

the whole part of the answer is 11. multiply this by 73 to get 11*73 = 803.

subtract that result from 845 to get 845 - 803 = 42

i think the answer is b.

step-by-step explanation:

not 100% sure though.