Question

Ashira has $40 to buy 5 plants. Let p represent the price of a plant. Which expression shows how much change Ashira will receive? 5 + 40p 40−5p 40 + 5p 5−40p

Answer 1

She gives $40 to the shop. The shop subtracts the cost of the 5 plants. So what is left is $40 - 5p.

Second answer.

Answer 2

Answer:
`40-5p`

Explanation:

Given : Ashira has $40 to buy 5 plants.

Let p represent the price of a plant.

Then the algebraic expression shows the price of 5 plants :-

`5* p=5p`

If Ashira pays $40 , then the expression to show how much change Ashira will receive will be :-

`40-5p`

Hence, the expression shows how much change Ashira will receive is
`40-5p`