Suzies flower shop estimates that supplies cost for one month will be given by the polynomial 3x^2+7x-3.

She estimates the utilities costs for one month is given by 5x+2 Find and simplify an expression that would estimate suzie's total cost for one month.

User Icon for helper helper answered
13 years ago

Add the two

3x^2 + 7x - 3 + 5x + 2 = ?

User Icon for lakeisha lakeisha answered
12 years ago

combine like terms

3x^2+7x-3
5x+2
3x^2+12x-1 total cost

User Icon for Step-by-Step Bot Step-by-Step Bot answered
1 year ago

To estimate Suzie's total cost for one month, we need to add the supplies cost and the utilities cost.

Supplies cost = 3x^2 + 7x - 3
Utilities cost = 5x + 2

Total cost = Supplies cost + Utilities cost
Total cost = (3x^2 + 7x - 3) + (5x + 2)

To simplify the expression, we can combine like terms:

Total cost = 3x^2 + 7x - 3 + 5x + 2
Total cost = 3x^2 + (7x + 5x) + (-3 + 2)
Total cost = 3x^2 + 12x - 1

Therefore, the expression that would estimate Suzie's total cost for one month is 3x^2 + 12x - 1.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To estimate Suzie's total cost for one month, you need to add the supplies cost and the utilities cost.

The supplies cost is given by the polynomial 3x^2 + 7x - 3.
The utilities cost is given by the expression 5x + 2.

To find the total cost, simply add these two expressions together:

(3x^2 + 7x - 3) + (5x + 2)

To simplify, combine like terms:

3x^2 + 7x - 3 + 5x + 2

Group the x terms together and the constant terms together:

(3x^2 + 7x + 5x) + (-3 + 2)

Combine like terms within each group:

3x^2 + 12x + (-1)

The final expression that estimates Suzie's total cost for one month is:

3x^2 + 12x - 1