Question

Sarah’s dad tells her she can have the greater of the following two amounts for her allowance (in dollars):

2 times the difference of 5 and 1

5 times 1 minus 2

What is Sarah’s allowance, in dollars?

Answer 1

times = multiply
difference = subtract
and = ()
minus = subtract

so,
2 times the difference of 5 and 1

real means,
2(5 - 1)

and,
5 times 1 minus 2

really means,
5 * 1 - 2

knowing that we can solve each.

2(5-1)
10 - 2
8 <--- answer

5*1 - 2
5 - 2
3 <---answer

HOWEVER,
her father said she could have the greater of the two which would be:
2 times the difference of 5 and 1
which is really $8

Answer 2

the answer is still the same its just the word "and" in this case means combined or parentheses