Question

Bess and Gina earn $45 per week for delivering flowers. Bess worked for x weeks and earned an additional total bonus of $20. Gina worked for y weeks. Which expression shows the total money, in dollars, that Bess and Gina earned for delivering flowers?

Answer 1

Answer:

First option: $45x + 20 + 45y$

Step-by-step explanation:

The missing options are:

$45x + 20 + 45y\\65x + 45y\\45x - 20 + 45y\\\\45x + 65y$

 We know that "x" represents the number of weeks Bess worked and "y" the number of weeks Gina worked.

According to the data  given in the exercise, Gina and Bess earn $45 per week for delivering flowers, this is:

$45x+45y$

Since earned an additional total bonus of $20, then the total money in  in dollars that Bess and Gina earned for delivering flowers can be shown with the following expression:

$(45x+20)+45y=45x+20+45y$

Notice that this expression matches with the one shown in the first option.