SOLUTION: Marty recently bought 6 notebooks, 5 pens, and 4 markers. A notebook costs 5 cents less than a pen and 10 cents less than a marker. Write an expression that describes how much mone
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Question 694323: Marty recently bought 6 notebooks, 5 pens, and 4 markers. A notebook costs 5 cents less than a pen and 10 cents less than a marker. Write an expression that describes how much money Marty spent if a notebook costs n cents. Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source):
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Notebook costs n cents
Pen costs n+5 cents
Marker costs n+10 cents
6 notebooks cost 6n cents
5 pens cost 5(n+5) cents
4 markers cost 4(n+10) cents
Sooooo
Marty spent 6n+5(n+5)+4(n+10) cents---Lets get rid of parens
6n+5n+25+4n+40=
15n+65 cents
Hope this helps---ptaylor
