Question

Malik bakes 5 cakes and 4 tarts for a bake sale. He sells each cake for $9 and each tart for $8. Which expression represents how much money Malik earns at the bake sale? How much money does Malik earn at the bake sale?

Answer 1

9x + 8y = your answer!

Update: plug in your values for each!

9(5) + 8(4) = ?

Answer 2

Let:
number of cakes = C
number of tarts = T

earnings = 9C + 8T 
earnings = 9*5 + 8*4 = $77