Question

Two friends shop for fresh fruit. Jackson buys a watermelon for $6.85 and 4 pounds ofcherries. Tim buys a pineapple for $2.25 and 3 pounds of cherries. Use the variable p to representthe price, in dollars, per pound of cherries. Write and simplify an expression to represent how muchmore Jackson spent.

Answer 1

Jackson

`6.58+4p`

Tim

`2.25+3p`

to know how much more Jackson spent we do a subtrac between Jackson and Tim

then

`(6.58+4p)-(2.25+3p)`

solve the parenthesis

`6.58+4p-2.25-3p`

group posible operations

`(6.58-2.25)+(4p-3p)`

and solve

`4.33+p`

Jackson spents $4.33 + 1 pund on cherries more