Short Answer

Translating Safety Equipment Ratios

A facilities manager reports that the number of fire extinguishers in a building is "three more than twice the number of smoke detectors (ss)." Identify the two mathematical operations signaled by this phrase and state the resulting algebraic expression that represents the number of fire extinguishers.

0

1

Updated 2026-04-18

Contributors are:

Who are from:

Tags

OpenStax

Elementary Algebra @ OpenStax

Ch.3 Math Models - Elementary Algebra @ OpenStax

Algebra

Math

Prealgebra

Recall in Bloom's Taxonomy

Cognitive Psychology

Psychology

Social Science

Empirical Science

Science

Related