Question

A deli receives a large order for sandwiches for a company picnic. The company wants one club sandwich and two regular sandwiches for each person. The company also wants an extra Dagwood sandwich. A club sandwich has $3$ slices of bread. A regular sandwich has $2$ slices. A Dagwood has $5$ slices.

If there are $n$ people going to the company picnic, how many slices of bread does the deli need to make this order? Write your answer as a fully simplified expression. Your answer should have the variable $n$ in it exactly once.

Answer 1

Answer:

  7n +5

Step-by-step explanation:

For each person, the bread required is ...

  1 club + 2 regular sandwiches = 1(3 slices) + 2(2 slices) = 7 slices

Then for n people, 7n slices of bread are required.

In addition, there is one Dagwood sandwich requiring 5 slices of bread. The total is then ...

  7n +5 . . . . slices of bread required to fill the order.