Question

Lena buys 12 cans of soft drinks and 11 sandwiches for a picnic. Patrick buys 10 cans of soft drinks and 7 sandwiches for the same picnic. Let c be the cost of a soft drink. Let s be the cost of a sandwich. Write an expression that represents the total cost.

Answer 1

The answer would be 22c + 18s

Answer 2

22c + 18s

Explanation:

Lena buys:

12c + 11s

Patrick buys;

10c + 7s

Total cost is the sum of the both Lena and Patrick's purchase

12c + 11s + 10c + 7s

collect like terms

12c +10c + 11s + 7s

22c + 18s