Question

Museum admission cost $9 and tickets to the mammoth exhibit cost $8. The expression 9p + 8p represents the cost in dollars for p people to visit the museum and attend the exhibit. Enter the simplified expression by combining like terms. Step 1 out of 1:Use a bar model to represent the problem. Each square represents p, or 1p.____________9p____________8p____(p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) ll (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p)Count the number of (p)s to find a simplified expression. A simplified expression for the cost in dollars is __.

Answer 1

Given the expression:

9p + 8p

To simplify the expression by combining the like terms, we have:

9p = (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p)

8p = (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p)

Now, let's combine both ps:

9p + 8p = (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) + (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) = 17p

After counting the number of p, we have 17p.

Therefore, a simplified expression for the cost in dollars is $17p

ANSWER:

$17p