Question

Presley is organizing the school book sale. Each stall will have 40 books on the shelf and 2 boxes of books with b books inside. Presley also has 200 books in inventory to refill the shelves as books sell. This situation can be written as the following expression:

40s + (2b)s + 200

How many books should Presley have ready if she plans to open 8 stalls and have 12 books in each box?

a) 520
b) 712
c) 820
d) 1,622

Answer 1

s=number of stalls I assume

if s=8
and b=12
40(8)+(2*12)8+200
320+(24)8+200
520+192
712

B