You and three friends go to a baseball game.

Question

You and three friends go to a baseball game. You each pay $2 for a drink and x dollars for nachos. Use the Distributive Property to write and simplify an expression for the total the group pays. HINT: YOU AND THREE friends.

Use your expression from the previous question. How much does the group pay when the nachos cost $3?

Answer 1

We first need to establish the total number of people. In this case, we have you and three friends, which makes four people total. The cost per person for a soda and nachos would be 2 + x, where the 2 is the price of the soda and the x is the price of the nachos. We then have to multiply this expression by 4 because 4 people are ordering this.

4(2 + x)

By distributing the 4, we end up with

8 + 4x

If nachos cost $3, we can simply substitute a 3 into the equation for x

8 + 4(3)

Multiplying out gives us

8 + 12

And to find our final answer, we add.

The group would pay $20