. Suppose you earned 8t – 3 dollars on Monday and 6t + 5 dollars on Tuesday. What were your
total earnings? Simplify your answer.
To find the total earnings, we add the earnings from Monday and Tuesday:
8t - 3 + 6t + 5
Combining like terms, we get:
14t + 2
Therefore, the total earnings were 14t + 2 dollars.