{"id":17681,"date":"2026-05-02T18:32:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/algebra-word-problem-17\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:32:31","slug":"algebra-word-problem-17","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/algebra-word-problem-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Algebra Word Problem 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3 identical pens cost 132 taka. If one pen costs x taka, which equation and value are correct?<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options wp-block-list\">\n<li>x + 3 = 132, x = 129<\/li>\n<li>3x = 132, x = 44<\/li>\n<li>x\/3 = 132, x = 396<\/li>\n<li>3x = 44, x = 132<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2705,2537],"subject":[1425],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-17681","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-algebra","topic-word-problems","subject-mathematics","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"Let x represent the cost of one pen. Total cost = number of pens \u00d7 price per pen, so 3x=132. Dividing by 3, x=44. Because all pens are identical, total cost equals number of pens multiplied by the cost of one pen. That gives the correct equation and value: 3x = 132, x = 44.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"x + 3 = 132, x = 129"},{"right":"yes","answer":"3x = 132, x = 44"},{"right":"no","answer":"x\/3 = 132, x = 396"},{"right":"no","answer":"3x = 44, x = 132"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1425,"title":"Mathematics","slug":"mathematics"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2705,"title":"Algebra","slug":"algebra"},{"id":2537,"title":"Word Problems","slug":"word-problems"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/17681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=17681"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=17681"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=17681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}