Question

Dawn and Mary work at Great Clips. They each make $11.50 per hour plus tips. Last weekend, Dawn worked x number of hours and earned $125 in tips. Mary worked y number of hours and earned $153 in tips. Dawn determined that using the expression 11.50x + 125 + 11.50y + 153 will calculate the amount the girls earned together last weekend. Select another expression the girls could use.Immersive Reader

Answer 1

T=11.50(x +y) + 278

Explanation:

in this problem we are looking at an alternative expression to the given expression for the total earning which is

Given data

T=11.50x + 125 + 11.50y + 153

let us collect like terms we have

T=11.50x + 11.50y + 153+ 125

T=11.50x + 11.50y +278

we can factor out 11.5 since it is common

T=11.50(x +y) + 278

The alternative expression the girls could use is

T=11.50(x +y) + 278