Question

A yard of lace costs w cents a yard and fabric costs $.40 more than the lace. Kimberly wants to buy one yard of lace and 2 yards of fabric. Mow much money will she need? Express your answer in terms of w.

Answer 1

Explanation:

A yard of lace costs w cents a yard and fabric costs $.40 more than the lace. This means that the cost of a yard of fabric would be

w + 0.5

Kimberly wants to buy one yard of lace and 2 yards of fabric. This means that the total amount of money that she would have to pay for the lace is is

0.4 × 1 = 0.40

Amount that she would spend on the fabric is 2(w + 0.5) = 2w + 1

Total cost would be

0.4 + 2w + 1