Chapter 1.1, Problem 30PPS

To determine

To find: the total earning of Jocelyn from grocery store and babysitting in the given verbal expression into algebraic expression.

Answer to Problem 30PPS

  $25n+15x$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given:

The given verbal expression is “Jocelyn earing from grocery store is x per hrs and babysitting is n per hrs.”.

Calculation:

Let the variable x represents the Jocelyn’s earing per hour in grocery store.

And the variable n represents the Jocelyn’s earing per hour in babysitting.

If she works on grocery store for 15 hrs and babysitting for 25 hrs,

Therefore, the algebraic expression for grocery store is $15x$ and babysitting is $25n$ .

Hence, the algebraic expression of the total earning of Jocelyn is $25n+15x$ .