Question

A grocery store has advertised a sale on ice cream. Each carton of any flavor of ice cream costs $5.25

A. If Millie buys one carton of strawberry ice cream and one carton of chocolate ice cream, write a
algebraic expression that represents the total cost of buying the ice cream.

B. Write an equivalent expression for your answer in part (a).

C. Explain how the expressions are equivalent.

Answer 1

Each carton of any flavour costs same

• THE COST IS $5.25

so

Total cartons:-

• One strawberry+One chocolate
• 2

Total cost

• 2(5.25)
• $10.5