Question

Jack and Jillian sell apples at a produce stand. Jillian earns $2 for each bag of apples she sells. At the end of the week, Jack has earned $8 less than Jillian. The following expression shows Jack's earnings:
2x − 8

In the expression, what does the first term represent?

1 Jack's earnings at the end of the week
2 The number of bags of apples Jillian sold
3Jillian's earnings at the end of the week
4 The number of bags of apples Jack sold

Answer 1

We are given that Jack and Jillian sell apples at a produce stand .

We are given that an expression which shows Jack's earning=2x-8

We have to find that first term what represent in the given expression

Jillian earns for each bag of apples she sells=$2

Let Jillian sold number of bags of apples =x

Then ,Jillian earn total at the end of the week =

Jack has earned $ 8 less than Jillian earn

Therefore, total earning of jack=

In the given expression the first term 2x represent the earning of Jillian.