Jonathan goes to the store and purchases 3 pencils for $0.28 each, and y number of erasers for $0.38 each. Write an wexpression that shows how much Jonathan spent.

Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Let X be the total money spent 

Now, according to question cost of each pencil is $0.28 .

So, cost of 3 pencils = 3 × 0.28

= $0.84

Cost of 1 eraser = $0.38

Then, 

X = 0.38y + 0.84