Question

1.Suppose p people are invited to a party, and each person will bring two guests. If it costs c dollars to feed each person, how much will the food for all these people cost?

Answer 1

it would cost them $ 3pc. here each p person would bring 2 persons with them. thus they are three in number.. so, as p people are invited, the no. of persons would be 3p ., the cost would be 3p*c= 3pc$

Answer 2

total no of people = 3p
cost to feed each person = c dollars
total cost = 3pc dollars