Liam is organizing a charity car wash. He plans to charge $14 per car wash as well as a one-time fee of $5 to cover supplies. Fill in the expression with the correct numbers to represent the given scenario. Let w

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represent the number of car washes a customer purchases.

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The total cost for 10 washes is $Response area.

Answer 1

To represent the total cost for a customer purchasing a certain number of car washes \( w \), we can create the expression for the total cost as follows:

\[ \text{Total Cost} = 14w + 5 \]

Here, \( 14w \) is the total cost for the car washes (where \( w \) is the number of car washes), and \( 5 \) is the one-time fee for supplies.

Now, to find the total cost for 10 washes, we can substitute \( w = 10 \) into the expression:

\[ \text{Total Cost} = 14(10) + 5 = 140 + 5 = 145 \]

So the total cost for 10 washes is $145.

To summarize:

• The expression is: \( 14w + 5 \)
• The total cost for 10 washes is: $145.