Answer:
5p + 2(p-2)
simplified to: 7p-4
Explanation:
Q. states that shop opens for p hours on weekdays
this means that to find the total number of hours on weekdays it would be 5 times p, thus 5p
On weekends, "shop opens 2 hours less" , which means 2 hours less than p.
Thus hours for both saturday and sunday
2(p-2)
Total would be adding those two together
5p + 2(p-2)
expand 2(p-2) = 2p-4
thus, 7p-4