Alex and Leandro purchase two matinee movie tickets . A matinee ticket costs $6.50, a drink costs $5.50,and a bag of popcorn cos

The variables are:

Matinee ticket ⇒ Let’s denote this item as 'm'
Drink ⇒ We can represent this item as 'd'
A bag of popcorn ⇒ We will refer to this item as 'p'

Each matinee ticket costs 6.50
The price for two matinee tickets is 2×6.50
The cost for three matinee tickets is 3×6.50
The cost of 'm' matinee tickets is m × 6.50 = 6.50m

The cost of one drink is 5.50
For two drinks, the price is 2×5.50
For three drinks, the cost is 3×5.50
The cost of 'd' drinks is d×3.50 = 3.50d

The price of one bag of popcorn is 6
For two bags, the cost is 2×6
For three bags, the price is 3×6
The cost for 'p' bags of popcorn is p×6 = 6p

The total cost expression can be written as

Total = 6.50m + 3.50d + 6p