Question

At the candy store, a chocolate bar costs c dollars and a vanilla bar costs 2 dollars more than a chocolate bar. Jamie buys a chocolate bar and three vanilla bars, and Kevin buys five chocolate bars. How much money, in total, do Jamie and Kevin spend at the candy store in terms of c?

Answer 1

@welshfella

Answer 2

hint:

let c = cost of chocolate bar
and c + 2 = cost of vanilla bar

Answer 3

i already knew that

Answer 4

now just add up all the chocolate bars they buy

Jamie buys a chocolate bar and three vanilla bars, and Kevin buys five chocolate bars.

which means there are 6 chocolate bars and three vanilla bars total

Answer 5

now write that in terms of c

Answer 6

c*6 + c+2*3

Answer 7

good, just don't forget your parentheses

Answer 8

7c+6?

Answer 9

6c + (c+2)3

Answer 10

= ?

Answer 11

use the distributive property

Answer 12

6c+(3c+6)

Answer 13

good

so that equals 9c + 6 which is your answer

Answer 14

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