On Saturday afternoon, Armand sent m text messages each hour for 5 hours, and Tyrone sent p
text messages each hour for 4 hours. Which of the
following represents the
total number of messages
sent by Armand and Tyrone on Saturday afternoon?
A) 9mp
B) 20mp
C) 5m + 4p
D) 4m +5p

9mp

Step-by-step explanation:

Add the amount of hours they texted.

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Armand's message (m) x 5 hours = 5m

Tyrome's message (p) x 4 hours = 4p

Sum means to add both of them together.

5m + 4p

fwms@lil_ben06

step-by-step explanation:

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b