Question

Ben is planning to sell cookies and popcorn for a school bake sale. He is selling cookies, c, for $0.75 each and popcorn, p, for $1.00 per

bag. Interpret the expression 0.75c+p

Answer 1

The expression 0.75c + p represents the cost for the consumer for purchasing c cookies and p popcorn.

The coefficient 0.75 represents the cost of 75 cents per cookie and the coefficient of 1 before p represents the cost of $1.00 per bag of popcorn.