Question

The cost of strawberries Affair $2 per pound the subjective is translating expressions

Answer 1

We are asked to translate the word problem into an algebraic expression

The cost of strawberries if they are $2 per pound.

The unit cost of strawberries is $2.

Let x be the number of strawberries

Then the cost of the strawberries can be written as

`2x`

Where 2 is the unit cost and x is the number of strawberries.

The above expression can be used to find the cost for any number of strawberries.

For example:

What will be the total cost for 5 strawberries?

Substitute x = 5 into the expression

`\begin{gathered} 2x \\ 2(5) \\ \$10 \end{gathered}`

So, the cost for 5 strawberries will be $10.