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Curtis is buying supplies for school. He buys p packages of crayons at $1.49 per package and q packages of markers at $3.78 per package. Write an expression to model the situation. What is the meaning of the entire expression

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Answer:

1.49p + 3.49q

Explanation:

✓We were told Curtis buys p packages of crayons at $1.49, which means the the total Of package bought by Curtis is $1.49

Then total P packages= $1.49

✓and q packages of markers at $3.78 per package which implies that the total q packages bought by Curtis is

$3.78

Then total Q packages = $3.78

Write an expression to model the situation?

The expression to the model situation

= 1.49p + 3.78q which is the total cost P and q packages of crayon bought by Curtis.

What is the meaning of the entire expression?

the meaning of the entire expression is

The total or summation of cost of p and q packages of crayon bought by Curtis

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