Question

Two friends shop for fresh fruit. Jackson buys a watermelon for $6.85 and 4 pounds ofcherries. Tim buys a pineapple for $2.25 and 3 pounds of cherries. Use the variable p to representthe price, in dollars, per pound of cherries. Write and simplify an expression to represent how muchmore Jackson spent.

Answer 1

Jackson

$6.58+4p$

Tim

$2.25+3p$

to know how much more Jackson spent we do a subtrac between Jackson and Tim

then

$(6.58+4p)-(2.25+3p)$

solve the parenthesis

$6.58+4p-2.25-3p$

group posible operations

$(6.58-2.25)+(4p-3p)$

and solve

$4.33+p$

Jackson spents $4.33 + 1 pund on cherries more