Question

abby and her 5 friends went to a restaurant to buy sodas. if they bought 2 of each size soda which expression should be used to find the total amount of money spent on sodas

Answer 1

If they EACH bough 2 of EACH size soda, then it would be.

S: # of different sized sodas
P: Price of soda

5×2(S×P)

but if each sized sodas cost a different amount it would be

S: Price of first size
S2: Price of second size
S3: Price of third size
and so on.

5×2(S+S2+S3...)

but if they all together bought 2 of EACH size soda, then it is.

2(S×P)

but if each sized sodas cost a different amount it would be

S: Price of first size
S2: Price of second size
S3: Price of third size
and so on.

2(S+S2+S3...)