Part 1D: Now there is a baby animal! Let’s figure out the costs.

A baby animal costs half as much to keep as an adult. Write an
expression to show how much it costs per week to keep the
baby animal where x is still the number of pounds one adult
eats in a day. Simplify your expression. Please make it 1 sentence, Less AI like, and more 7th grader like.

1 answer

The cost per week to keep the baby animal is equal to half the cost per week to keep an adult animal, where the cost per week to keep an adult animal is equal to x times 7 days.