Question

You and three friends go to a baseball game. You each pay $2 for a drink and x dollars for nachos. Use the Distributive Property to write and simplify an expression for the total the group pays. HINT: YOU AND THREE friends.

Answer 1

The simplified expression for the total amount the group pays is (6 + 3·x) dollars

Explanation:

The given parameters are;

The number of friends that went to the baseball game = 3

The amount each paid for a drink = $2

The amount each paid for nachos = x dollars

Therefore, the amount each spend = $2 + x dollars

The total amount the three friends spend = 3 × ($2 + x dollars)

By distributive property is given as follows;

a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c

a × (b - c) = a × b - a × c

Given that a, b, and c are real numbers

Therefore;

The total amount the three friends spend = 3 × ($2 + x dollars) = 3 × $2 + 3 × x dollars

The total amount the three friends spend = 3 × $2 + 3 × x dollars

The simplified expression for the total amount the group pays = $(6 + 3·x) = (6 + 3·x) dollars.