How do you write the phrase into algebraic expressions: three more cookies than are in the jar?

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Jul 18, 2016

#x+3#

Explanation:

We don't know how many cookies are in the jar, so we can use a variable.

#"There are"# #x# #"cookies in the jar"#

We are also told that there are 3 more cookies than there are in the jar, so we would just add #3#.

#"There are"# #3# #"more than"# #x# #"cookies in the jar"#

Now to rewrite algebraically:

#x + 3#

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