Question

Your local bakery charges $6.00 for one dozen of doughnuts. (One dozen is 12 doughnuts). If you purchase any number of doughnuts over one dozen, you will only have to pay $0.40 per doughnut. The total cost of any number of doughnuts is given by the expression below.

6+.40(d-12)

Which part of the expression represents the number of doughnuts purchased at the discounted rate?

A. d
B. (d-12)
C. 6
D. .40(d-12)

Answer 1

I think it would be B.) (d-12) because that is showing the variable (how many donuts were bought) minus a dozen.

Answer 2

The answer is A.) D "D" stands for discount