Marcus made $16 more than three times Joel's weekly salary. If x represents Joel's weekly salary, write an expression for Marcus' weekly salary.

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ANSWER

[tex]y=3x+16[/tex]

EXPLANATION

Given that Joel's salary is represented by x

Let Marcus salary be represented by Y

Note that Marcus salary is 3 times Joel's salary, this means

[tex]y=3x[/tex]

Also, $16 more means;

[tex]y=3x+16[/tex]

Since Marcus salary is $16 more than Joel's weekly salary, the expression for Marcus weekly salary will be;

[tex]y=3x+16[/tex]