Question

Jack and Jillian sell apples at a produce stand. Jillian earns $2 for each bag of apples she sells. At the end of the week, Jack has earned $8 less than Jillian. The following expression shows Jack's earnings: 2x − 8 In the expression, what does the first term represent? Jack's earnings at the end of the week The number of bags of apples Jillian sold Jillian's earnings at the end of the week The number of bags of apples Jack sold

Answer 1

The first term (2x) represents Jillian's earnings at the end of the week. Where the 2 represents the amount of money she earns per pag, and the 'x' is the number of bags sold.

Let us explain this with an example: if Jillian sells 36 bags, then she will earn 2×36 = $72

Answer 2

option C is true.

Explanation:

We are given that Jack and Jillian sell apples at a produce stand .

We are given that an expression which shows Jack's earning=2x-8

We have to find that first term what represent in the given expression

Jillian earns for each bag of apples she sells=$2

Let Jillian sold number of bags of apples =x

Then ,Jillian earn total at the end of the week =
`2*x=$2x`

Jack has earned $ 8 less than Jillian earn

Therefore, total earning of jack=
`2x-8`

In the given expression the first term 2x represent the earning of Jillian.

Hence, option C is true.

Answer: C: JIllian's earning at the end of the week