Question

Mr. Hartman, the school librarian, is ordering new keyboards and mice for all of the school's computer labs. Each keyboard costs $13.50, and each mouse costs $6.50. There are 3 computer labs in the school, and each computer lab has s computer stations. Pick all the expressions that represent how much Mr. Hartman will spend on new keyboards and mice.

Answer 1

3 * 20s

Explanation:

In order to find out how much Mr. Hartman will spend in total we first need to multiply the price of the keyboard and mouse by the number of computers in a single computer station. Once we have these products we add them together. Finally, we multiply this new value by 3 since there are a total of 3 computer stations. If we turn this into an expression it would be the following...

3 * (13.50s + 6.50s)

We can even simplify this by first adding the cost of the keyboard and mouse and then multiplying by s

3 * 20s