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At the Beltway Outlet store, you buy x computer games for 13$ each and a magazine for 4$. Write an expression in simplest form that represents the total amount of money you spend. Someone please help

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Answer:

y = 13x + 4

Step-by-step explanation:

Given parameters:

number of computer games bought = x

cost of each games = $13

number of a magazine = 1

cost of magazine = $4

Unknown:

Total amount of money spent = ?

Solution:

The total amount spent;

let total amount = y

y = total cost of magazine + total cost of computer games

total cost of magazine =$4

total cost of computer games = 13x

y = 13x + 4

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