At Davis you can buy 12 pounds of M&M's for $12.24 or 8 pounds for $8.24 at Smith's. Which is the better buy

12 pounds

Explanation:

If you were to divide 12.24 from 12 you would get 1.02, which would be the cost of each pound.

Meanwhile, if you were to divide 8.24 from 8 you would get 1.03, which would be the cost of each pound.

So although its only a 1 cent difference and you are technically spending more by buying the 12 pounds, if it were to buy 8 pounds from the cost of each pound for the 12 pounds, you'd only be spending $8.16 vs $8.24.

Because you would multiply 1.02, which is the cost of each pound for 12, by 8 and you would get 8.16.

c.

step-by-step explanation:

because first you have to add the 4x, 9x, and the 7x together and you get 20x and then you add the last numbers up and you get 5and then you put the subtraction sign in there and that's how you get the answer.