Question

Remember to use the information given to solve the problem. Rose visited 14 cities on her vacation. She bought 8 souvenirs in each city to send to her friends. Rose paid $2 in postage for each souvenir she sent. 1. What hidden question do you need to answer to find how much it cost Rose to send all of the souvenirs? 2. What strategies can you use to find how much Rose spent? 3. How much did Rose spend?

Answer 1

14x+28, where x = cost of each souvenir

Explanation:

Given that Rose visited 14 cities on her vacation. She bought 8 souvenirs in each city to send to her friends. Rose paid $2 in postage for each souvenir she sent. 1.

Here the cost of each souvenir is not given.

Let this cost be x

Then we get

Total cost =
`14x+2(14) = 14x+28`

2) Strategy used it total cost = cost of souvenir +cost of postage.

3) Rose spent 14x+28