Robin and Emily are selling boxes of candy bars. Robin sells 36 boxes of candy and Emily sells 24 boxes of candy. Which expression, using the form a(b+c), represents the amount they sold altogether?
a. 2(12+24)
b. 4(9+6)
c. 24(6 + 36)
d. 12 (3+2)
Can you explain to me if I add 36 plus 24 that would equal 60 but how would you go about doing this into an expression with those two numbers?
take out a common factor
So basically I would have to find out what the common facto of 36 and 24 first and then what would I do next?
To express the sum of 36 and 24 in the form a(b+c), we need to find values for a, b, and c.
In this case, a can be any number, but let's choose a value that makes sense in the context of the problem.
Since both Robin and Emily are selling boxes of candy bars, we can let a represent the number of boxes each person sells, which is 1 in this case.
Now we need to find the values for b and c.
b represents the number of boxes Robin sold, which is 36, and c represents the number of boxes Emily sold, which is 24.
Therefore, the expression that represents the total number of boxes sold by Robin and Emily is:
1(36 + 24)
Simplifying this expression, we get:
1(60)
Since multiplying any number by 1 remains the same, the final expression is:
60
So, the answer is not among the options provided.