Question

The jones family plans a trip to the amusement park and purchase a family package for $128.00. They also want to buy lunch and souvenir cups. The chicken platter costs $8.50 each and the burger platter costs $9.50 each. The souvenir cups each cost $10.00, which includes unlimited refills. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have a budget and are trying to decide who will order which platter and who will buy a souvenir cup. Let x represent the number of chicken platters, y represent the number of burger platters and z represent the number of souvineer cups. Which of the following algebraic expression can be used to describe the amount of money the jones family will spend, before sales tax, based on the number of each meal and souvineer cups they purchase

Answer 1

Explanation:

The answer must include the package, and how much of each item added to that original price. This is what C shows.

The original 128 dollars.

The price of the Chicken platters times how many they ordered.

The price of the Burger platters times how many they ordered.

The price of the Souvenir cups times how many they ordered.