Question

Hank bought 3 more boxes of cereal than gallons of milk. He bought x boxes of cereal at $2.79 each. Each gallon of milk costs $4.49. Consider the expression 2.79x + 4.49 (x-3).

A. The term x- 3 represents the number of gallons of milk.

B. The coefficient 2.79 represents the cost of one box of cereal.

C. The expression represents the total number of boxes of cereal and gallons of milk.

Answer 1

Answer: all statements are true.

Step-to-step explanation:

Given: Cost of 1 box of cereal =$2.79

Cost of x boxes of cereal= $2.79 x

Each gallon of milk costs $4.49.

Hank bought 3 more boxes of cereal than gallons of milk.

gallons of milk = x-3

Total cost = (cost per box of cereal) × (x) +(Cost per gallon of milk) × (x-3)

= 2.79x + 4.49 (x-3)

All statements are correct:

A. The term x- 3 represents the number of gallons of milk.

B. The coefficient 2.79 represents the cost of one box of cereal.

C. The expression represents the total number of boxes of cereal and gallons of milk.