Sergio has p paintings in his art collection. He and other local painting collectors agreed to donate a total of 48 paintings to the local museum. Each of the 12 collectors will donate the same number of paintings. How many paintings will Sergio have in his art collection after his donation? Write your answer as an expression.

This means that Sergio will have 4 less paintings then he had before, which was represented by [tex] p [/tex]. Thus, our expression is now [tex] \boxed{p - 4} [/tex].

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adioabiola adioabiola · Answer 2 · 2021-11-29T13:19:20+01:00

The number of paintings Sergio will have in his art collection after his donation is p - 4

Given:

Number of Sergio's paintings = p

Total number of paintings to donate = 48

Number of collectors to donate (including Sergio) = 12

Number of paintings donated by each collector = Total number of paintings to donate ÷ Number of collectors to donate

= 48 ÷ 12

= 4 paintings per collector

Therefore,

Number of paintings Sergio will have in his art collection after his donation = Number of Sergio's paintings - Number of paintings donated by each collector

= p - 4