Given:
Milk cost = x + $3,
Bread cost = x + $2.25,
3 bags of potato chips cost = x + $1.50 each.
To find:
The equivalent expression to represent what he spent.
Solution:
1 bag of potato chips cost = x + $1.50
3 bag of potato chips cost = 3(x + $1.50).
Total cost = Milk cost + Bread cost + Cost of 3 bags of potato chips
[tex]\text{Total cost}=(x+\$3)+(x+\$2.25)+3(x+\$1.50)[/tex]
[tex]\text{Total cost}=x+\$3+x+\$2.25+3x+\$4.50[/tex]
[tex]\text{Total cost}=(x+x+3x)+\$(3+2.25+4.50)[/tex]
[tex]\text{Total cost}=5x+\$9.75[/tex]
Therefore, the required expression is 5x+$9.75.
