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Two friends shop for fresh fruit. Jackson buys a watermelon for $6.85 and 4 pounds ofcherries. Tim buys a pineapple for $2.25 and 3 pounds of cherries. Use the variable p to representthe price, in dollars, per pound of cherries. Write and simplify an expression to represent how muchmore Jackson spent.

Respuesta :

Jackson

[tex]6.58+4p[/tex]

Tim

[tex]2.25+3p[/tex]

to know how much more Jackson spent we do a subtrac between Jackson and Tim

then

[tex](6.58+4p)-(2.25+3p)[/tex]

solve the parenthesis

[tex]6.58+4p-2.25-3p[/tex]

group posible operations

[tex](6.58-2.25)+(4p-3p)[/tex]

and solve

[tex]4.33+p[/tex]

Jackson spents $4.33 + 1 pund on cherries more

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