The cost of a layer cake is $17 plus $5 per layer. If Paul has only $30 to spend on a cake, what is the most number of layers he can afford? (Show how to solve it)

The most number of layers he can afford is 2

Step-by-step explanation:

We automatically have a fee of 17 so we know we have 13 dollars remaining. Using this information, we know that one layer is 5 dollars which means we can get 2 layers which is equal to 10 dollars which turns our total fee to $27. Hope this helps!

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.