Miguel takes classes at both Westside Community College and Pinewood Community College. At Westside, class fees are $98 per credit hour, and at Pinewood, class fees are $115 per credit hour. Miguel is taking a combined total of
17 credit hours at the two schools.
Suppose that he is taking w
credit hours at Westside. Write an expression for the combined total dollar amount he paid for his class fees.

Question

Miguel takes classes at both Westside Community College and Pinewood Community College. At Westside, class fees are $98  per credit hour, and at Pinewood, class fees are $115 per credit hour. Miguel is taking a combined total of 
17 credit hours at the two schools.
Suppose that he is taking w
 credit hours at Westside. Write an expression for the combined total dollar amount he paid for his class fees.

anonymous · Answer

17 hours = westside fees = 98 per credit hour / w 
                  pinewood fees = 115 per credit hour

                                   98w + 115

* this is what I have so far not sure If i'm on the right track or what to do next exactly though

skullpatrol · Answer

|dw:1429198245996:dw|

skullpatrol · Answer

Does that make sense so far @Cassandra_Lea_96 ?

anonymous · Answer

yes, thank you =)

anonymous · Answer

how do I continue this though to find the total he paid

skullpatrol · Answer

What does the question ask for?

skullpatrol · Answer

an expression for the combined total dollar amount he paid for his class fees.

skullpatrol · Answer

Amount paid at West + Amount paid at Pine = combined total

anonymous · Answer

98w =  at westside and 17 - w =  at pinewood
 so 98w + (17 - w) = total?

skullpatrol · Answer

almost

skullpatrol · Answer

you missed something

anonymous · Answer

115 for the pinewood fees?

skullpatrol · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

Where does that plug into I just wrote it out but pretty sure it wasn't right =O

anonymous · Answer

It would go in the second part of the equation with the w though right

skullpatrol · Answer

Amount paid at West + Amount paid at Pine = combined total

 98w + 115(17 - w) = total

anonymous · Answer

Ok that was my next option lol sorry I made that so complicated, but thank you so much for helping me!!

skullpatrol · Answer

Thanks for trying to learn :)

anonymous · Answer

Math is NOT my strong subject haha

skullpatrol · Answer

It takes a lot of practice...

skullpatrol · Answer

...teachers ALWAYS say that, but you just have to keep trying

anonymous · Answer

Yeahh give me science, english, writing, psychology of any sort, and I'm good but History If I don't find it interesting is hard and Spanish is ehh but MATH I've alwaaays struggled with

skullpatrol · Answer

Interest plays a HUGE part in any type of learning :)

skullpatrol · Answer

You will not remember what you're not interested in...

skullpatrol · Answer

...just try to fool yourself into being interested at the beginning. It does get really interesting later on.

anonymous · Answer

I'll keep that in mind =) thank you so much again for being so patient with me!

skullpatrol · Answer

You did most of the hard work on your own, which is a GREAT sign :)

anonymous · Answer

thank you feels good to hear haha =)

skullpatrol · Answer

cya