A store clerk put v cans of vegetable soup and 15 cans of chicken soup on a shelf. Choose the expression that shows how many cans of soup the clerk handled in all.Choices:(A) v−15(B) 15−v(C) 15(D) v+15
Q. A store clerk put v cans of vegetable soup and 15 cans of chicken soup on a shelf. Choose the expression that shows how many cans of soup the clerk handled in all.Choices:(A) v−15(B) 15−v(C) 15(D) v+15
Clerk puts cans: The clerk put v cans of vegetable soup on the shelf, We don't know how many that is cause it's a variable.
Adding chicken soup: Then they added 15 cans of chicken soup to what was already there, So we gotta add the 15 to the v cans of vegetable soup.
Total cans expression: The expression that shows the total cans of soup is v (for the vegetable soup) plus 15 (for the chicken soup), So it's like v+15.
Matching to choices: Now we just gotta match our expression to the choices, v+15 is the same as choice (D), So that's our answer.
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