Question

A pound of chocolate costs 8 dollars. Deon buys p pounds. Write an equation to represent the total cost c that Deon pays.

Answer 1

8p = c

Explanation:

Answer 2

let total cost = c
let pounds bought = p

the total cost is going to be $8 times how many pounds he bought

cost = 8 * pounds

then just replace the words with our variables

c = 8p