Books to Read This Summer

Medium Word Problems Algebraic Reasoning

Jenna is trying to decide how many books to read this summer. She has already read 3 books. She plans to read twice as many books as she has already read, plus an additional 5 books. If $b$ represents the total number of books she will read, which equation can be used to find $b$?

$b = 2(3) + 5$