Every week for
20
weeks, Kathy earned
$15
for mowing lawns and
$35
for delivering newspapers. At the end of
20
weeks, she stopped mowing lawns and delivering newspapers and spent
$300

. She didn't earn or spend any money besides what is described here.
Write a numerical expression with parentheses for the amount of money Kathy has left.
Do not simplify your expression.

Respuesta :

20 (15+35)-300=? Dollars left

Answer:

The expression is : [tex]20(15+35)-300[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Every week for 20  weeks, Kathy earned $15  for mowing lawns and $35 for delivering newspapers.

In 20 weeks, the earnings from mowing lawns will be = [tex]15*20[/tex]

In 20 weeks, the earnings from delivering newspaper will be = [tex]35*20[/tex]

At the end of 20 weeks she spent $300 and was left with :

[tex](15*20+35*20)-300[/tex] dollars

Or can be written as : [tex]20(15+35)-300[/tex] dollars

This is the expression to solve the problem.