a fabric store sells pieces of material for $5 each Ali bought two white pieces and 8 blue pieces she also bought a pack of buttons for $3 the expression 5 x parentheses 2 + 8 parentheses + 3 gives the cost in dollars of a lease purchase how can you describe the term parentheses 2 + 8 parentheses in words

The term (2 + 8) is described as the total amount of pieces of fabric. It makes it easier to put this term this way so you wouldn't have to do (8 x 5) + (2 x 5) and do the distributive property.