Question

The price of a visit to the dentist is \$50$50dollar sign, 50. If the dentist fills any cavities, an additional charge of \$100$100dollar sign, 100 per cavity gets added to the bill. If the dentist finds nnn cavities, what will the cost of the visit be?\

Answer 1

An expression for the cost will be 50+100n, where n is the number of cavities.

Answer 2

The cost of the visit to dentist is equal to
`(50+100n)`

Explanation:

Let

n------> the number of cavities

y------> the total cost of the visit to dentist

we know that

`y=50+100n` -----> linear equation that represent the cost of the visit to dentist