You want to buy some clothing from an online retailer. The shirts cost $9 each and the pants cost $12 a pair. They also charge $4 shipping and handling for each order. Write a
variable expression to represent the situation and determine what your total would be
if you ordered 5 shirts and 2 pair of pants.

The answer is $73

Explanation:

since you are buying five shirts for nine dollars each you would need to do 5x9 which equals 45. Now you need to do 12x2 since you bought two pairs of pants for twelve dollars each. 12x2 equals 24. Now you need to add 24 and 45 to see what your price is. 24+45=69. Now add on four dollars for shipping and handling and you will have $73 dollars. Hope this helps!