Question

Question 2A deli sells meal by the pound. The Expression 7.99m+5.99c represents the total cost of m pounds of meat and c pound of cheese . Select all true statements.

Answer 1

The expression is given below as

`7.99m+5.99c`

Where,

The total pounds of meat is

`=m`

The total pounds of cheese is

`=c`

from the relation above,

`\begin{gathered} m\text{ pounds of meat cost = 7.99m} \\ 1\text{ pound of meat will cost=x} \\ (m* x)/(m)=(7.99m)/(m) \\ x=7.99 \end{gathered}`

From the relation above,

`\begin{gathered} c\text{ pounds of ch}eese\text{ cost = 5.99c} \\ 1\text{ pound of chesse will cost = y} \\ (c* y)/(c)=(5.99c*1)/(c) \\ y=5.99 \end{gathered}`

To figure out the cost of 2 pounds of meat and 3 pounds of cheese, we will substitute the values below

`\begin{gathered} m=2,c=3 \\ 7.99m+5.99c \\ 7.99(2)+5.99(3) \\ =15.98+17.97 \\ =33.95 \end{gathered}`

Hence,

The options that are TRUE are OPTION A, OPTION B, and OPTION E