Wilson bought gift cards for some lawyers and their assistants. each lawyer got a gift card worth $l. each assistant got a gift card worth $a. there are 14 lawyers. each lawyer has 3 assistants. the expression for the total cost of the gift cards is 14l + 42a. write an expression that is equivalent to the given expression.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given an expression that represents the total cost of the gift cards for 14 lawyers and their 14*3=42 assistants. We are asked to write an expression that is equivalent to the given expression.

To write an equivalent expression, we will factor out the greatest common factor of our given expression.

We know that greatest common factor of 14 and 42 is 14.

Therefore, the expression is equivalent to the given expression.

step-by-step explanation:

you can add the two numbers and divide the result by 2. or you can find the gap between the two numbers and add half of this to the smaller number.