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Peter wants to use 75-watt light bulbs and other electronics in his tree house. He has one outlet with a maximum of 900 watts. Which expression represents how much wattage remains if n is the number of light bulbs turned on?

900(75n)
825 – n
900 – 75n
900/n

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It should be 900 - 75n

900 is the initial and you’re finding how much remains so there should be some subtraction required

In addition, n is # light bulbs and 75 is watt per light bulb

U subtract 75watts per bulb from the initial of 900 watts to find the remaining wattage.
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Answer:
900 - 75n

Explanation:

Given : Peter wants to use 75-watt light bulbs and other electronics in his tree house.

let n represents the number of light bulbs turned on.

Total wattage = 75n

He has one outlet with a maximum of 900 watts.

Then, the wattage remains after 'n' number of light bulbs turned on :-


900 - 75n

Hence, the correct expression =
900 - 75n

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