Write a story that you could represent with the expression 8b+4b-2. then write an expression that is equivalent to 8b+4b-2

Selena went to a fruit market with some money in order to buy  apples and  bananas. She finds out that cost of each banana and each apple is cents. She has 2 cents less than the total amount for which she could buy 8 apples and 4 bananas. Write an expression that represents the total amount Selena had.

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To write a story that represents the given expression and find the equivalent expression.

Solution:

Selena went to a fruit market with some money in order to buy  apples and  bananas. She finds out that cost of each banana and each apple is cents. She has 2 cents less than the total amount for which she could buy 8 apples and 4 bananas. Write an expression that represents the total amount Selena had.

If 1 apple cost = cents

Then 8 apples will cost = cents

If 1 banana cost =   cents

Then 4 bananas will cost = cents

Total cost of 8 apple and 4 bananas = cents

Selena has 2 cents less.

Amount Selena has = cents

The expression can be simplified by adding the like terms.

⇒  (Answer)

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