Question

Megan, Julia, and Caroline are on Main Street on Friday afternoon. They want to eat so they put all of their money together. Megan has d dollar. Julia has 5 less than twice as much as Megan, and Caroline, has 4 dollars than Megan. Write an algebraic expression that represents the total of their money all together. Make sure answer is in simplest form

Answer 1

4 dollars ..what...more or less than?

Answer 2

4 more

Answer 3

ok then m stands for Megan's money
(2m-5)+(m+4)+m

Answer 4

simplify

Answer 5

-1 plus 4m

Answer 6

it is correct

Answer 7

Correct :)
If you wanted to know how they got those values:
then they want "all together" as in M + J + C

"Megan" = M
"Megan has d dollars" -> so M = d

"Julia" = J
"5 less than" -> (something) minus 5
that (something) would then be "twice as much as Megan" -> 2*M
and since M = d -> J = 2d - 5

"Caroline" = C
"4 dollars more than Megan" -> M + 4
and since M = d -> C = d + 4

plug that all in and you'll get (2d - 5) + (d + 4) + d
which you would simplify

Answer 8

Oh so it's combing like terms when you simplify I though you had to find out how much d is

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

Yep ^_^
they asked for "simplest form" so no solving involved :)

Answer 11

Thanks

Answer 12

Glad we could help ^_^

Answer 13

welcome