Question

It costs $1.20 per person and $3.75 per hour to rent a meeting room at the library. Let x represent the number of people and y represent the number of hours. If 3xpeople rented the room for 2yhours, write an expression to represent the total cost of the rental?

Answer 1

1.2(3x)+3.75(2y)

Explanation:

multiply 1.2 by what you know for number of people

multiply 3.75 by what you know for number of hours