Question

The local humane society is restocking on cat food to prepare for kitten season.Very young kittens need kitten formula which costs $3.99 per bottle. Olderkittens need wet cat food which costs $1.50 per can. Write an algebraicexpression to describe how much the humane society will spend preparing forkitten season. Identify the parts of the expression by: coefficient(s), constant(s),and variable(s). *

Answer 1

We know that

• Very young kittens formula costs $3.99 per bottle.

,

• Older kitten's formula costs $1.50 per can.

Let's call x each bottle of the young kitten's formula, and y each can of the older kittens' formula. So, we can express the following

`3.99x+1.50y`

Note that we multiplied each cost by its variable because they represent a rate. In this expression, the coefficients are 3.99 and 1.50, there are no constants (independent terms without variables), and the variables are x, y, and z because z would represent the amount of money spent.

Therefore, the algebraic expression that represents this situation is

`z=3.99x+1.50y`