les bought 6 pairs of shorts for s dollars each and 2 pairs of pants that cost p dollars each.also bought a blazer that cost three times as muchas pants solve

Question

les bought 6 pairs of shorts for s dollars each and 2 pairs of pants that cost p dollars each.He also bought a blazer that cost three times as much a pair of shorts.Write an expression that represents how much he spent 

Answer 1

Total spent would be how much he spent on all the items.

 

Total spent would be how much he spent on shorts + how much he spent on pants + how much he spent on the blazer

 

Cost of shorts is s and he bought 6 so 6 times s is amount spent on shorts     6s

 

Cost of pants is p and he bought 2 so 2 times p is the amount spent on pants.   2p

 

The cost of the blazer is 3 times the cost of the shorts. The cost of the shorts is s so the blazer cost 3s. He only bought 1 blazer so the amount spent on the blazer is 3s.

 

So back to Total Spent

 

That would be the amount spent on shorts + amount spent on pants + amount spent on the blazer

 

6s + 2p + 3s

 

Combine like terms

 

9s +2p

 

They asked for an expression. Expressions do not have equal marks. So the answer is just 9s + 2p

 

 

 

 

Answer 2

He spent the total T of what he spent on shorts 6s plus what he spent on pants 2p plus what he spent on the blazer 1(3s). 

 

So T=9s+2p