Question

Chris bought "c" tickets to a movie for $9 each. Michael bought " m" tickets to another movie for $10 each. Write an expression that can be used to find the total amount Chris and Michael spent on these movie tickets.

Answer 1

9c + 10 (see below)

Explanation:

To find how much Chris spent on tickets, you can write an expression to represent the situation:

$9c

You can do this to find how much Michael spent as well:

$10m

To find how much Chris and Michael spent combined, add their two costs:

9c + 10