Question

Write an expression to show how much Gretchen paid for drama,action, and comedy videos if she paid $4 for each at a sale. Evaluate the expressionGretchen’s video purchasesMystery 6Action 3Comedy 5Drama 2Romance 2

Answer 1

Let d the number of drama videos, c the number of comedy videos and a the number of action videos.

If the cost per video (independently of the genre) is $4, then, for the total cost of the videos Gretchen payed, you can write:

total = 4d + 4c + 4a

Now, based on the given table, you have:

d = 2

c = 5

a = 3

By replacing the previous values into the expression for total, and by simplifying, you obtain:

total = 4(2) + 4(5) + 4(3)

total = 8 + 20 + 12

total = 40

Hence, Gretchen payed $40 for the videos