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The question is incomplete:

An artist pays an art show director $ 86 to reserve a booth at the show and $ 15 per painting sold at the show. Which statement is true?

a. The expression 15 p + 86 represents the total amount of money the artist pays the art show director for selling p paintings at the art show.

b. The expression 15 p + 86 represents the total number of paintings, p , the artist sells at the art show.

c. The expression 86 p + 15 represents the total amount of money the artist pays the art show director for selling p paintings at the art show.

d. The expression 86p+15 represents the total number of paintings, p, the artist sells at the art show.

Answer:

a. The expression 15 p + 86 represents the total amount of money the artist pays the art show director for selling p paintings at the art show.

Step-by-step explanation:

With the information provided, you can say that the total  amount the artist pays for selling a certain number of paintings is equal to the result of multiplying the price per painting for the number of paintings plus the amount to reserve a booth at the show. So, the expression that represents this situation 15p+86. According to this, the answer is the expression 15 p + 86 represents the total amount of money the artist pays the art show director for selling p paintings at the art show.