One page of a petition can hold p signatures. You were able to get 4p+5 people to sign the petition. Your friend was able to get
2p−3 people to sign the petition. Write an expression in simplest form that represents the number of people that you and your friend got to sign the petition.
The expression that needs to be made in this question refers to the total number of people that signed the petition. To calculate this we need to add the total number of signatures that both you and your friend were able to acquire. Once we do this we simply combine like terms in order to simplify the expression as much as possible.
4p + 5 + 2p - 3
4p + 2p + 5 - 3
6p - 2
Therefore, the total and simplified expression for the total number of signatures would be 6p - 2
