Sandi buys 5 fewer packages of pencils than p packages of pens. Pencils costs $2.25 per package and pens costs $3 per package. What does the expression 3p + 2.25(p - 5) represent?

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mathstudent55 mathstudent55 · Answer 1 · 2020-12-04T08:02:17+01:00

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3p + 2.25(p - 5) represents the total cost of the pens and pencils that Sandi bought.

Step-by-step explanation:

p = number of packages of pens

p - 5 = number of packages of pencils

3p = cost of p packages of pens

2.25(p - 5) = cost of p - 5 packages of pencils

3p + 2.25(p - 5) represents the total cost of the pens and pencils that Sandi bought.

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adioabiola adioabiola · Answer 2 · 2021-09-21T12:34:15+02:00

We are to determine what the expression 3p + 2.25(p - 5) represent.

let

packages of pens = p

packages of pencils = p - 5

cost of p - 5 packages of pencil = $2.25

cost of p packages of pen = $3

Total cost of pencil and pen = (p)3 + (p - 5)2.25

= 3p + 2.25(p - 5)

The expression 3p + 2.25(p - 5) represent total cost of pen and pencils sandi bought