A teacher plans to buy the same number of notebooks and rulers for his classroom. Each notebook costs $2 and each ruler costs $1

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A teacher plans to buy the same number of notebooks and rulers for his classroom. Each notebook costs $2 and each ruler costs $1

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What can be a good numerical expression that represents the total amount of money the teacher will spend on x rulers and x notebooks.

also, write an equivalent expression.

Mathematics

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Paladinen [302] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-24T15:46:31+03:00

Paladinen [302]3 years ago

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Answer:

3x=total amount of money, 3x

Step-by-step explanation:

Because the number of notes books is the same (x and x), you can simply add them.

Basically, the equation is 1x+2x= total cost but you can add 1x and 2x because they have the same variable