Statement : Val spent $ 34 for the 2 items
contradiction : Neither of the 2 items that Val bought cost more then $ 15
think about it....if neither of them cost more then 15....lets say they cost 15 each...then there is no way he spent $ 34.....he would spend at most $ 30
I think it’s B i’m not sure though!
ANSWER
Step 3
EXPLANATION
The given polynomial expression is:

Fatau correctly expanded the parenthesis in the first step.

Fatau also correctly grouped the like terms to obtain:

Fatau committed a mistake at the third step.
Instead of obtaining,

He mistakenly got:

At least we're both struggling with the same type of math ; -;