Correct Question:
At a bake sale, plates of cookies, p, are sold for $5 each. The amount of money from the sale of cookies is expressed as dollars, d. Which equation represents the earnings of the bake sale?
1. p = 5d
2. d = p + 5
3. d = 5p
Answer:
3. d = 5p
Step-by-step explanation:
As one plate of cookies price is 5 $
The d is expressed as numbers of dollars which are earned.
Earnings = d = 5 x number of plates sold (p)
therefore
d = 5p
