Question

At the convenience store, magazines cost x dollars each, sodas cost y dollars each, and candy bars cost z dollars each. The amount of money Martha had left after purchasing items from the convenience store is represented by the following expression.

$22.78 - (ay + bx)
Which of the following is the best interpretation of a?

The number of candy bars Martha purchased at the convenience store.

The number of sodas Martha purchased at the convenience store.

The number of magazines Martha purchased at the convenience store.

The number of sodas and magazines Martha purchased at the convenience store.

Answer 1

a is multiplied by y and y stands for how much each soda costs
so a refers to the number of ^

Answer 2

magazines

Answer 3

number of magazines bought is represented by b because
b is multiplied by x and x stands for how much each magazine costs

a is multiplied by y and y stands for how much each soda costs
so a refers to the number of ^

Answer 4

so its C

Answer 5

no... a refers to how many sodas...

Answer 6

So would it be D

Answer 7

B: The number of sodas Martha purchased at the convenience store.

Answer 8

Tht seems more rhetorical then thought about

Answer 9

hmm, how about if soda was 3 dollars each, how much would it cost to buy 5 sodas?
3dollars times 5sodas = 15 dollars right?
so if y was how much the sodas cost then a would be how many sodas there were