Shopping Two friends shop for fresh fruit. Jackson buys a watermelon for ​$7.25 and 5 pounds of cherries. Tim buys a pineapple for ​$4.15 and 4 pounds of cherries. Use the variable p to represent the​ price, in​ dollars, per pound of cherries. Write and simplify an expression to represent how much more Jackson spent.

Given:

Elena buys a watermelon for $8.25 and 4 pounds of cherries

Tania buys a pineapple for $4.15 and 3 pounds of cherries

Variable "p" represents the price (in dollars) per pound of cherries

To find:

Write an expression to represent the amount that Elena had spent more than Tania

Solution:

Variable "p" ← is the price of the cherries per pound

The price of cherries bought by Elena will be = $ 4p

∴ Total amount spent by Elena during her shopping for fresh fruits is,

= $ 8.25 + $ 4p

= $ [8.25 + 4p]

Also,

The price of cherries bought by Tania will be = $ 3p

∴ Total amount spent by Tania during her shopping for fresh fruits is,

= $ 4.15 + $ 3p

= $ [4.15 + 3p]

Now, we will find that how much more than Tania, Elena had spent during her shopping for fresh fruits, i.e.,

= [Total amount spent by Elena on fresh fruits] - [Total amount spent by Tania on fresh fruits]

= [8.25 + 4p] - [4.15 + 3p]

= 8.25 + 4p - 4.15 - 3p

= $ [4.10 + p]

Thus,  

4.10+P

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