Your recipe for muffins says you have to 3 times as many blueberries than strawberries. Write an expression for the situation. Next, explain how you know your expression matches the situation.

n × 3 = (answer)

Step-by-step explanation:

If you need 3 times as many blueberries than strawberries for the recipe, then multiplying the number of strawberries you have by three will get you the number of blueberries that you need.

The first problem is translating the word problem into a math problem. 

Let n = one of the even integers Let n+2 = the other integer 

Now let us write an equation and solve it: 

3(n+2) = n - 10 This equation expresses what is written in the word problem. 

3(n+2) = n - 10
3n + 6 = n - 10
3n - n = -10 -6
2n = -16
n = -8
n+2 = -6