Question

kayleigh buys buys boxes of girl scout cookies that each have the same cost, c. she represents the cost of 4 boxes of thin mints, 1 box of tagalongs and 5 boxes of samoas using the expression 4c+c+5c. write the equivalent expression by combining like terms

Answer 1

4c+c+5c = 5c+5c= 10c

I added the single c to the 4c first to get another 5c then added the two 5c together to get 10c, since all terms have a single c in them all can be combined