Suppose you earned 8t-3 dollars on Monday and 6t + 5

Question

dollars on Tuesday. What were your total earnings? Simplify
your answer.

A) 21+2

B) 21-8

C) 14t+2

D) 14t-8

Answer 1

The total earnings would be the sum of earnings from Monday and earnings from Tuesday:

(8t-3) + (6t+5)

Simplifying by combining like terms:

14t + 2

Therefore, the answer is C) 14t+2.