Kate is going to the fair with three of her friends. It will cost $5.00 to get in and an additional $2 per ride. Create an equation to represent the cost for the whole group and then use the distributive property to expand the expression and solve the problem.

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Amber Rich

10 January, 07:24

Kate is going to the fair with three of her friends. It will cost $5.00 to get in and an additional $2 per ride. Create an equation to represent the cost for the whole group and then use the distributive property to expand the expression and solve the problem.

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Nicholas Rivas · Answer 1

4 (5) = 2r

Step-by-step explanation:

For the equation since it says use distributive property, we multiply 4, the number of people times 5, the cost to get in. 2r represents the number of rides multiplied by the cost of 2 per each.