Pls help me im gonna fail this class im in grade 7 btw

Question

Blake bought x apples. He bought 3 more oranges than apples.

a) Express the number of pieces of fruit Blake bought in terms of x

b) Determine the total amount of money, in cents, that blake spent on the fruit. Give your answer in terms of x.

Answer 1

y = x+3 + x

y = 2x + 3 where y = number of fruit (oranges plus apples)

and x = number of apples, x+3= number of oranges

let p = the price of apples and q = the price of oranges

then total cost of the fruit = C(x) = px + q(x+3) = (p+q)x + 3q

C = (p+q)x + 3q

(this is a weird problem for grade 7)