Asked by Elijah

16t+18s+196Todd and Stacy both work as hairdressers. Todd chargers $16 for each haircut and Stacy charges $18 for each haircut. This week Todd made an additional $92 in tips and Stacey made an additional $104 in tips. Given that T and S represent the number of haircuts by Todd (T) and Stacy (S), the expression
represents their combined earnings for the week.

Which other expression can be used to represent their combined earnings for the week, yet makes it easier to see Todd's earnings and Stacy's earnings within the expression?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Combine each person's tips with their haircut pay and use parentheses. For Todd: 16T + 92. For Stacy: 18S + 104.

So the combined earnings can be written as (16T + 92) + (18S + 104), which equals 16T + 18S + 196.