Question

rajan bought 9 bags of avocados. each bag had a avocados. after eating 3 avocados from each bag, he had 36 avocados left. what does your answer of 7 mean in this situation? image of a tape diagram with 9 sections labeled a - 3 and total 36, and a = 7 options: there were 7 avocados in each bag after rajan ate 3 avocados out of each bag. there were 7 avocados in each bag originally.

Explanation:

In the problem, \( a \) represents the number of avocados in each bag originally. The equation is set up based on the original number of avocados per bag (\( a \)), subtracting the 3 eaten from each bag, and multiplying by 9 bags to get the remaining 36. When \( a = 7 \), it means each bag initially had 7 avocados. The first option refers to the number after eating (which would be \( a - 3=4 \), not 7), so the correct interpretation is the second option.

Answer:

There were 7 avocados in each bag originally.