What I would do is start with the price of the dessert and the sales tax $3.85+ $1.15= $5. I started with this because when you add the cents they equal a dollar which makes it easier to continue.
Then I would add the 2.75. This would be 7.75.
Then add 7.75 + 8.50. To simplify this, you can add 7 + 8, then .75+ .50
first use rise over run to find the slope. go up 3 and over four making the slope 3/4. nxet locate the y-intercept which is clearly at -3. now just substitute the values into the equation y=mx+b
This question means the than (8 + 10) x 2 = red markers. She has 32 red markers, 8 blue markers, and 10 green markers. If you add them all up, you get 50 markers.
