Question

gilla organized her art projects into boxes. she put 6 drawings and p paintings in each box. after filling 3 boxes, she used a total of 36 art projects. choose the strip diagram that represents the situation.

Explanation:

Step1: Define total per box

Each box has $6 + p$ art projects.

Step2: Set up total equation

3 boxes sum to 36: $3\times(p+6)=36$.

Step3: Match to strip diagram

The first diagram has 3 equal parts of $p+6$ totaling 36, which matches the equation.

Answer:

The first strip diagram (with three sections each labeled $p+6$ summing to 36) represents the situation.