Question

The cost of either a can of gourmet chili or a can of hearty soup is $1.75. Ton Nam bought cans of chili and soup. He wrote an expression to describe the purchase where c represents the number of cans of chili and s represents the number of cans of soup. Write an expression showing the total cost for the number of cans of chili and soup purchased. (No dollar sign in your answer).

Answer 1

Answer: 1.75c + 1.75s

Explanation:

The following can be deduced from the question:

Cost of either a can of gourmet chili = $1.75

Cost of a can of hearty soup = $1.75

c = the number of cans of chili purchased.

s = the number of cans of soup purchased.

To get the expression showing the total cost for the number of cans of chili and soup purchased,we multiply the the number of cans of chili purchased by 1.75 and also multiply the number of cans of soup purchased by 1.75. This will be:

= (1.75 × c) + (1.75 × s)

= 1.75c + 1.75s or 1.75(c+s)