Question: Cindy spent $125 on ingredients for muffins and $92.40 on ingredients for bagels. Write an expression to represent Cindy's profit for m muffins and b bagels.
Solution:
If Cindy spent $125 on ingredients for muffins, then Cindy's profit for m muffins is:
[tex]215m[/tex]and If Cindy spent $92 on ingredients for muffins, then Cindy's profit for b bagels is:
[tex]92.40b[/tex]thus, an expression to represent Cindy's profit for m muffins and b bagels is:
[tex]215m\text{ + 92.40b}[/tex]
