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A deli receives a large order for sandwiches for a company picnic. The company wants one club sandwich and two regular sandwiches for each person. The company also wants an extra Dagwood sandwich. A club sandwich has $3$ slices of bread. A regular sandwich has $2$ slices. A Dagwood has $5$ slices.If there are $n$ people going to the company picnic, how many slices of bread does the deli need to make this order? Write your answer as a fully simplified expression. Your answer should have the variable $n$ in it exactly once.

Accepted Solution

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Answer: Β  7n +5Step-by-step explanation:For each person, the bread required is ... Β  1 club + 2 regular sandwiches = 1(3 slices) + 2(2 slices) = 7 slicesThen for n people, 7n slices of bread are required.In addition, there is one Dagwood sandwich requiring 5 slices of bread. The total is then ... Β  7n +5 . . . . slices of bread required to fill the order.