Barry has 17 more than two-thirds of the number of cards in his brother’s baseball card collection. If x represents the number of baseball cards his brother has, which expression represents the number of baseball cards Barry has?
so let y be represents the number of baseball cards Barry has x represents the number of baseball cards his brother has so the expression represents the number of baseball cards Barry has: (Barry has 17 more than two-thirds of the number of cards in his brother’s baseball card collection. )y = 17 + (2/3)x