Question

A couple of travelers are buying souvenirs at the gift shop in Istanbul, Turkey. Jake buys a

keychain for $7.65 and 5 pounds of Turkish delights. Tina buys postcards for $2.45 and 4
pounds of Turkish delights for her mom. Use the variable p to represent the price, in dollars,
per pound of cherries. Write and simplify an expression to represent how much more Jackson
spent.
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Answer 1

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Explanation:

Let p represent the cost of Turkish delights in dollar per pound. Therefore the money spent by Jake who bought 4 pounds of Turkish delight is:

money spent by Jake = 7.65 + 5p

The money spent by Tina who bought 4 pounds of Turkish delight is:

Money spent by Tina = 2.45 + 4p

The money Jake spent more = difference between money spent by Jake and that spent by Tina = money spent by Jake - money spent by Tina = (7.65 + 5p) - (2.45 + 4p) = 5.20 + p