Question

George is buying watermelons and pineapples to make fruit salad. He buys W watermelons at $4.49 each and P pineapples at $5 each. What does the expression $4.49W + 5p represent?

Answer 1

The equation represents the total cost George will have to pay in the end. The variables represent the type of fruit he is purchasing while the numerical values next to the specific variables show how much each fruit is worth. Simply replace the variables with numbers and calculate to get his total cost. Hope this helped :))

Answer 2

The cost of W watermelons plus the cost of p pineapples.