3. In your industrial oven, you bake two baking sheets with 12 scones each, two baking sheets with 20 cookies each, and one baking sheet with 2 scones and 10 cookies.
a. Write an expression that illustrates the total cost of all baked goods in the scenario above using the variable s to represent the cost of scones, and the variable c to represent the cost of cookies. Simplify your expression by combining like terms.
Please help me with this. I have 12(2)+2=S and 20(2)+10=C. The assignment implies to me that I should write one expression not two, also I wrote equations, and this does not represent the cost of the cookies and scones. What am I overlooking? The assignment is due today.
Got help on this..... Thanks to Reiny who helped another student with the same problem.
To find the total cost of all the baked goods, you need to consider the cost per item for both scones and cookies and then calculate the total cost for each type of baked good separately.
Let's break down the problem step by step:
1. Baking sheets with 12 scones each: There are two baking sheets with 12 scones each. So, the total number of scones would be 2 * 12 = 24. The cost of these scones would be 24s.
2. Baking sheets with 20 cookies each: There are two baking sheets with 20 cookies each. So, the total number of cookies would be 2 * 20 = 40. The cost of these cookies would be 40c.
3. Baking sheet with 2 scones and 10 cookies: The total cost of these scones would be 2s, and the total cost of these cookies would be 10c.
Now, to find the total cost, you need to add up the costs of all the types of baked goods:
Total cost = cost of scones + cost of cookies
= 24s + 40c + 2s + 10c
= (24s + 2s) + (40c + 10c)
= 26s + 50c
Therefore, the expression that illustrates the total cost of all the baked goods is 26s + 50c.
Make sure to simplify the expression by combining like terms, as shown above.