Brett has $c$ more comic books than Erica. Erica has 19 comic books. We need to write an expression for the number of comic books Brett has.

AlgebraExpressionsVariablesWord Problem
2025/5/31

1. Problem Description

Brett has cc more comic books than Erica. Erica has 19 comic books. We need to write an expression for the number of comic books Brett has.

2. Solution Steps

Let BB be the number of comic books Brett has.
Let EE be the number of comic books Erica has.
We are given that E=19E = 19.
We are also given that Brett has cc more comic books than Erica. So, B=E+cB = E + c.
Substituting E=19E = 19, we get B=19+cB = 19 + c.

3. Final Answer

19+c19 + c

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