Question

Write a story that matches with the expression 42x-5 pls hurry

Answer 1

'A costume shop is giving a discount of $5 for a day. What will be the expression for the total cost if 42 costumes were sold that day.'

Explanation:

We have the expression
`42x-5`.

The word problem can be given as follows.

'A costume shop is giving a discount of $5 for a day. What will be the expression for the total cost if 42 costumes were sold that day.'

Solution: Let, the cost of 1 costume = x.

Then, the cost of 42 costumes is
`42x` dollars.

As, there is a discount of $5.

So, the total cost = 42x - 5.