Kelso is in charge of a bake sale. On each table, t, there will be a platter of 24 cookies and 2 bowls of brownies with b brownies inside. Kelso needs an additional 150 cookies to replace what he sells. This situation can be written as the following expression: 24t + (2b)t + 150 How many total sweets are there if there are 7 tables and 12 brownies in each bowl?

Verified Answer :

Let’s
analyze the given situation:

Kelso is on a bake sale.

He needs 24 cookies per table

He also need 2 bowls of brownies per table. In where there are 12 brownies per
bowl.

Thus, in every table there are also 24 brownies.

He has 7 tables.


=> 7t (24cookies + 2bowls (12brownies)) + 150 cookies

=> 7(24 + 24) + 150

=> Multiply 7 by 2 24s.

=> 168 + 168 + 150

=> 486

Therefore, Kelso have 318 cookies all in all and 168 pieces brownies or 14 bowls
of brownies.