Answer:
The equation representing the number of purses Ceirra has is [tex]c=3+\frac{1}{2}\times a[/tex].
Ceirra has 9 purses in her collection.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given,
Cierra has three more than 1/2 as many purses as Asia.
Solution,
Let the number of purses Cierra has be 'c'.
And also the number of purses Asia has be 'a'.
Now according to question, Cierra has 3 more than 1/2 purses as Asia has.
Framing in equation form, we get;
[tex]c=3+\frac{1}{2}\times a[/tex]
Hence The equation representing the number of purses Ceirra has is [tex]c=3+\frac{1}{2}\times a[/tex].
Now we solve the equation;
Since Asia has 12 purses.
So we substitute the value of 'a', and get;
[tex]c=3+\frac{1}{2}\times12=3+6=9[/tex]
Hence Ceirra has 9 purses in her collection.
