Question

Use the table to answer 13dash14.
Cleveland to...
Round Trip Distance​ (miles)
Buffalo
379
Erie
205
Nashville
1 comma 041
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Part 1
13. Write an expression to show how much longer the round trip to Nashville is than the round trip to Buffalo. How many terms does the expression​ have?
  
1,041 minus 379
​(Use the operation symbols in the math palette as needed. Do not​ simplify.)
Part 2
This expression has
  
2 ​term(s).
​(Type a whole​ number.)
Part 3
14. Last​ month, a truck made 8 round trips to Erie and some round trips to Nashville. Write an expression that shows how many miles it traveled in all. Use the variable n to represent the unknown number of round trips to Nashville. Identify and describe the part of the expression that shows how many miles it traveled to and from Nashville.
The expression
  
enter your response here shows how many miles the truck traveled in all.
​(Use the operation symbols in the math palette as needed. Do not​ simplify.)
How many terms does the expression have?(Use the operation symbols in the math palette as needed. Do not simplify.)This expression has(Type a whole number.)The expression(Use the operation symbols in the math palette as needed. Do not simplify.)

Answer 1

Part 13
Expression: 1,041 − 379
Number of terms: 2

Part 14
Expression: 8·205 + n·1,041 (equivalently 8(205) + n(1,041))
Number of terms: 2
The part that shows miles for Nashville trips is n·1,041 because each Nashville round trip is 1,041 miles and there are n such trips.