Cierra has 3 more than one half as many purses as Aisha. Define a variable and write an expression to represent the number of purses in Cierra's collection. Then find the number of purses in Cierra's collection if Aisha has 12 purses?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-14T09:28:00

Cierra has 9 purses.

Let #x# be the number of Aisha's purses.

We are told that Cierra has 3 more than one half of #x#

#:.# Cierra has #3+x/2# purses.

If Aisha has 12 purses #-> x=12#

Hence, Cierra has #3+12/2 = 3+6 =9# purses.