Question

I need help with B & C

Elsa knows that for every bushel of apples she sells she earns $9 and for every basket of pears she earns $11. She uses the expression 9a + 11p to keep track of her earnings.

Part A: Identify the coefficients and variables in the expression. (3 points)

Part B: How many terms are in the expression, what are they, and how do you know? (4 points)

Part C: Which term in the expression shows the total earned from selling baskets of pears? (3 points)

Answer 1

Do you know what a term is?

Answer 2

Not really

Answer 3

A term (speaking mathematically) is either a single number or variable, or numbers and variables multiplied together.