Question

Two friends shop for fresh fruit. Jackson buys a watermelon for ​$8.25 and 5 pounds of cherries. Tim buys a pineapple for ​$2.15 and 4 pounds of cherries. Use the variable p to represent the​ price, in​ dollars, per pound of cherries. Write and simplify an expression to represent how much more Jackson spent.

please its to tonight at 11:59pm

Answer 1

Explanation:

Jackson -

8.25 + 5p

Tim -

2.15 + 4p

8.25 - 2.15 = 6.1

5p - 4p = 1p or p

simplified expression

6.1 + p is how much more Jackson spent

(I’m sorry if it’s wrong not 100 percent sure)