A store sells four 1 1/8-pound ears of corn in a package for $3.59. The expression 3.59p represents the cost of the corn for a number of packages. What does the variable p represent?
The number of ears of corn purchased
The number of packages of corn purchased
The cost of one package of corn
The cost of one ear of corn
A store sells four 1 1/8-pound ears of corn in a package for $3.59. The expression 3.59p represents the cost of the corn for a number of packages. What does the variable p represent?
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The variable p represents the number of packages of corn purchased.
This is because the expression 3.59p calculates the total cost based on the price of each package ($3.59) multiplied by the number of packages (p) that are being bought. If p were the number of ears or the cost of one package or ear, the expression would need to be structured differently.