Show how to write and evaluate an expression to represent and solve this problem: Jeff and his friend each text four classmates about a concert. Each classmate then texts four students from another school about the concert. If no one receives the message more than once, how many students from the other school receive a text about the concert?
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To solve this problem, we can break it down into smaller steps:
Step 1: Determine the number of classmates that Jeff and his friend each text about the concert.
Since Jeff and his friend each text four classmates, the total number of classmates they text together is 4 + 4 = 8.
Step 2: Determine the number of students from another school that each classmate texts about the concert.
Since each classmate texts four students from another school, the total number of students they text together is 8 * 4 = 32.
Step 3: Evaluate the expression to determine how many students from the other school receive a text about the concert.
To find the total number of students from the other school who receive a text about the concert, we multiply the number of classmates who texted them (8) by the number of students each classmate texted (4). Therefore, the expression to represent the problem is: 8 * 4 = 32.
So, there are 32 students from the other school who receive a text about the concert.