Question

Lara has violet and blue pansies in groups of 5. She has x groups of violet pansies and y groups of blue pansies. Which expression shows the total number of pansies that Lara has?

Answer 1

5x+5y

Explanation:

Answer 2

Lara has a total of 5(x + y) pansies

Explanation:

Here, we want to write an expression for the total number of pansies owned by Lara.

From the question, she has x groups of violet pansies; So the total number of violet pansies will be x * 5 = 5x pansies

She has y groups of blue pansies so the total number of blue pansies = y * 5 = 5y pansies

So the total number of Pansies owned by lara is 5x + 5y = 5(x + y) pansies