Mrs. Jones has a local bakery. Last week this expression shows how many peanut butter cupcakes she baked. 5 (2x -4) + 3(3 + 4x)
Part A: What is the simplified form of the expression above?

Part B: If x = 6, how many cupcakes did Mrs. Jones bake last week?

Answers:

A: 11(2x-1)

B: 121 cupcakes

Step-by-step explanation:

Part A:

We have the following expression that models the quantity of cupcakes Mrs. Jones baked last week:

Applying distributive property:

Grouping similar terms:

Applying common factor :

This is the simplified expression

Part B:

Now that we have the simplified expresion, we have to evaluate how many cupcakes did Mrs. Jones bake if :

Hence, Mrs. Jones baked 121 cupcakes last week

answer: all of the odd numbers were opened

the first person was the one that was opening all of the lockers. since one is odd, this causes all of the odd number lockers to be opened in the end.

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correct me if i am wrong.