To get to school in the morning, Tom walks 0.5 miles to a bus stop, takes the bus 1.4 miles to the subway station, and then takes the subway 10 miles to school. It takes Tom W minutes to walk a mile, it takes the bus B minutes to drive a mile, and it takes the subway S minutes to ride a mile. Write an expression that describes how many minutes it takes

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To get to school in the morning, Tom walks 0.5 miles to a bus stop, takes the bus 1.4 miles to the subway station, and then takes the subway 10 miles to school. It takes Tom W minutes to walk a mile, it takes the bus B minutes to drive a mile, and it takes the subway S minutes to ride a mile.

Write an expression that describes how many minutes it takes Tom to get to school.

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