Question

One week, Gabriel bought 2 bags of beans and 3 bags of rice. The next week, he bought 4 bags of beans and 1 bag of rice. Let b represent the cost of each bag of beans and r represent the cost of each bag of rice. Simplify the expression for the total cost, shown below.
(26 + 3r) + (4b +r)
(1 point)
66 + 4r
66 + 2г
26 +r
56 + 5г

Answer 1

To simplify the expression \((26 + 3r) + (4b + r)\), we can combine like terms.

1. Start with the original expression:
\[
(26 + 3r) + (4b + r)
\]

2. Remove the parentheses:
\[
26 + 3r + 4b + r
\]

3. Combine the \(r\) terms:
\[
26 + 4b + (3r + r) = 26 + 4b + 4r
\]

Thus, the simplified expression is:
\[
26 + 4b + 4r
\]

However, none of the answer choices provided match this expression directly. If we assume \(b\) represents a certain uniform value that allows for a further simplification (like a specific numeric total), we cannot further consolidate without that information.

Out of the provided choices:
- 66 + 4r
- 66 + 2r
- 26 + r
- 56 + 5r

None of them correspond to our simplified expression \(26 + 4b + 4r\).

If you have further information or context regarding what \(b\) is, or if different assumptions are involved, please provide that to clarify.