SOLUTION: Cheryl and her friends buy a pizza for $15.00 plus a delivery charge of d dollars. If delivery charge is $2.50. What is the total cost?

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Question 150962: Cheryl and her friends buy a pizza for $15.00 plus a delivery charge of d dollars. If delivery charge is $2.50. What is the total cost?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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The statement: "Cheryl and her friends buy a pizza for $15.00 plus a delivery charge of d dollars" translates to 15%2Bd. So if the "delivery charge is $2.50", this means that d=2.5. So simply replace the "d" in 15%2Bd with 2.5 to get 15%2B2.5=17.5. So the total cost is $17.50.

Note: this may seem like more work than it should be (you could have simply added the two numbers). However, later on, you'll find that you need to algebraic expressions to solve more difficult problems. So it's always helpful to get used to dealing with algebraic expressions through lots of practice.