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At a bake sale, plates of cookies, p, are sold for $5 each. The amount of money from the sale of cookies is expressed as dollars, d. Which equation represents the earnings of the bake sale?

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Answer:

d+p5

Explanation:

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Correct Question:

At a bake sale, plates of cookies, p, are sold for $5 each. The amount of money from the sale of cookies is expressed as dollars, d. Which equation represents the earnings of the bake sale?

1. p = 5d

2. d = p + 5

3. d = 5p

Answer:

3. d = 5p

Explanation:

As one plate of cookies price is 5 $

The d is expressed as numbers of dollars which are earned.

Earnings = d = 5 x number of plates sold (p)

therefore

d = 5p

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