SOLUTION: Sophie is buying soft drinks for a group of people at the movie theater. Some wanted large drinks, a different number of people wanted medium drinks, and twice as many people wante

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Question 1188389: Sophie is buying soft drinks for a group of people at the movie theater. Some wanted large drinks, a different number of people wanted medium drinks, and twice as many people wanted small drinks as the number of people who wanted medium drinks. Large drinks cost $2.50, medium drinks $2, and small drinks cost $1. Write an expression to represent the total amount of money Sophie spends on drinks.
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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The description is incomplete. Not known how many of the group want large drinks and not known, how many people are in the group.
Size          PRICE       HOW MANY     COST

LARGE          2.5          L          2.5L
 
MEDIUM         2.0          m          2m

SMALL          1.0          2m         2m

Total money spent is 2.5L%2B4mdollars.