Question

You pack sandwiches for a mountain hike with your friends. Each sandwich takes 222 slices of bread, and each hiker eats one sandwich. How many slices of bread are used for nnn hikers? Write your answer as an expression.

Answer 1

Answer:

This question contains some errors; the correct question is:

You pack sandwiches for a mountain hike with your friends. Each sandwich takes 2 slices of bread, and each hiker eats one sandwich. How many slices of bread are used for n hikers? Write your answer as an expression.

The answer is:

(2n) slices of bread for n hikers

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the question, sandwiches packed for a mountain hike with friends is made of two (2) slices of bread.

Each hiker gets one sandwich

This, n hikers will get n× 1 sandwich

= (n) sandwiches.

If 1 sandwich contains 2 slices of bread, then (n) sandwiches for n hikers will contain:

(2 × n) slices of bread

That is, (2n) slices of bread.

The expression is (2n).