Ella's parrot was prescribed 40 mg of a medicine every day. Each pill has 12 mg of the medicine. Ella has to give her parrot a total of 20 pills. If Ella gave her parrot medicine for x days, use the expression below to interpret this scenario. :
12 * 20 − 40x

Part A: What does 240 represent? (3 points)

Part B: What does the 40x represent? (3 points)

Part C: What does the entire expression represent?

Question

Ella's parrot was prescribed 40 mg of a medicine every day. Each pill has 12 mg of the medicine. Ella has to give her parrot a total of 20 pills. If Ella gave her parrot medicine for x days, use the expression below to interpret this scenario. :
12 * 20 − 40x

Part A: What does 240 represent? (3 points)

Part B: What does the 40x represent? (3 points)

Part C: What does the entire expression represent?