Question

You are selling lemonade for $1.50, a bag of kettle corn for $3, and a hot dog for $2.50 at a fair. Write and simplify an expression for the amount of money you receive when p people buy one of each item

Answer 1

1.5p + 3p + 2.5p

Explanation:

This expression, 1.5p + 3p + 2.5p, will represent the amount of money received when p people buy one of each food item.

Since the price of each is the coefficient for p, this will represent how much money will be gained from each food item. All 3 terms will be added together to represent the total amount of money gained from selling all 3 items.