Chris takes classes at both Westside Community College and Pinewood Community College. At Westside, class fees are $98 per credit hour, and at Pinewood, class fees are $115 per credit hour. Chris is taking a combined total of 18 credit hours at the two schools. Suppose that he is taking w credit hours at Westside. Write an expression for the combined total dollar amount he paid for his class fees

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3 September, 08:37

Chris takes classes at both Westside Community College and Pinewood Community College. At Westside, class fees are $98 per credit hour, and at Pinewood, class fees are $115 per credit hour. Chris is taking a combined total of 18 credit hours at the two schools. Suppose that he is taking w credit hours at Westside. Write an expression for the combined total dollar amount he paid for his class fees

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Kayden Hale · Answer 1

Total dollar Chris paid for his class fees = 98 w + 115 (18 - w)

Explanation:

Chris takes classes at both west side community college and pinewood community college.

At west side, the class fees is $98 per credit hour while at Pinewood the class fees is $115 per credit hour. The combined credit hours is 18 hours. The combined hour is the sum of the credit hour at west side community school and Pinewood community school.

let

w = credit hours at west side community school

18 - w = credit hours at pinewood community school

Total dollar Chris paid for his class fees = 98 w + 115 (18 - w)