Christina  is preparing for her younger sister's birthday party. she divides a jar of lollipops evenly among 6 goody bags. each bag ends up with 4  lollipops.

which  equation can you use to find the number of lollipops 

n

  in the  jar?

Aenswer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Let number of lollipops n = number of bag × number of lollipops in each bag

step-by-step explanation:

first, eliminate the parenthesis:

3

x

+

2

−

4

x

second, group like terms:

3

x

−

4

x

+

2

third, combine like terms:

(

3

−

4

)

x

+

2

→

−

1

x

+

2

→

−

x

+

2