Bella bought gardening materials from different stores.
At Garden Mart, Bella bought g packets of geranium seeds, m packets of marigold seeds, and z packets of zinnia seeds. All of the plant seeds were on sale for half price. The expression shown below represents the total cost of the plant seeds Bella bought.
12(2.48g + 1.74m + 1.96z)
A.) Write an expression without parentheses that also represents Bella’s total cost at Garden Mart.
At Plant World, Bella bought a hose and a shovel. The hose was priced at $29.68, but Bella had a coupon for x dollars off. The price of the shovel was $14.45.
B.) Write an expression to represent how much money, in dollars, Bella spent at Plant World.
Bella went to Yard Depot multiple times. Each time she was there, Bella bought a gardening hat and y pairs of gardening gloves. The expression shown below represents the total amount of money, in dollars, Bella spent at Yard Depot.
a(by + c)
C. Explain what a, b, and c each mean in terms of the situation.