Question

Mary buys souvenirs for her friends while she is on vacation in Miami. She buys t

t-shirts at $5.50 per t-shirt, and she buys 6 more key chains than t-shirts at $3.25
per keychain. What does the expression 5.50 3.25( 6) t t + + represent?

Answer 1

The expression represents the total cost of the purchases Made by Mary

C=$25

Explanation:

step one:

Given that she buys at the rate of $5.50 per t-shirt

And she also bought 6 more chains than T-shirts at $3.25 per Keychain

step two:

The expression represents the total cost of the purchases Made by Mary

step three:

we can write the expression for the total cost as

C= 5.50+3.25( 6)

by further simplifying we have

C= 5.50+19.5

C=$25