Question

An expression is shown below: 3(9a+6b)−(5a+2b) Part A: Simplify the expression shown above. Part B: If a represents apples that cost $0.35 each and b represents bananas that cost $0.20 each, what is the total cost based on the expression above?

Answer 1

Answer: part a : 3(14a-8b)

Step-by-step explanation: part a : you add 9a and 5 a since they have the same varible then you add 6b and 2b to get 8b which gets you your first answer of 3(14a-8b)