Question

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

The sum of 3 times 5 and 2

3 times the sum of 5 and 2

What is Sarah’s allowance, in dollars?

Answer 1

"The sum of 3 times 5 and 2"

translates to

3*5 + 2

what does the other phrase translate to?

Answer 2

3(5+2) ?

Answer 3

good, so which one yields the bigger number

Answer 4

the second one?

Answer 5

3*5 + 2

15 + 2

17

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3(5+2)

3(7)

21


So yes, the second gives you 4 more dollars

Answer 6

Okay thank you (:

Answer 7

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