Question

A store sells 2 1/4 pounds of tomatoes in a package for $4.45. The expression 4.45p represents the cost of the tomatoes for a number of packages. What does the variable p represent?

Answer 1

The package of tomatoes

Answer 2

The variable p represent the number of packages.

Explanation:

As 4.45 is the cost of tomatoes, and 4.45p represents the cost of the tomatoes for a number of packages, we can say that p represent the number of packages.