you buy 4 pounds of beef at a price of $5.89 per pound. select the two expressions that you could use to determine the total cost you paid.

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Step-by-step explanation: You can do 5.89x 4 or

5.89+5.89+5.89+another 5.89 so thoes are your two answers

493 would be the correct answer

step-by-step explanation:

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like: