Each month, Allison gets a $15 allowance and earns $100 working at the theater. She uses the expression 15x + 100y to keep track of her earnings. Part A: Identify the variables and coefficients in the expression. Part B: How many terms are in the expression, what are they, and how do you know? Part C: Which term in the expression shows the total earned from her allowance?

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Marc Haas

Mathematics

8 December, 13:31

Each month, Allison gets a $15 allowance and earns $100 working at the theater. She uses the expression 15x + 100y to keep track of her earnings. Part A: Identify the variables and coefficients in the expression. Part B: How many terms are in the expression, what are they, and how do you know? Part C: Which term in the expression shows the total earned from her allowance?

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Lila Hinton · Answer 1

Part A: variables: x, y coefficients: 15, 100

Part B: 2 terms: 15x, 100y because they are separated by a + sign

Part C: 15x shows the total earned from her allowance