Question

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A problem states: "There are 9 more pencils than pens in a container. There are 25 writing utensils in the container in all. How many pens are there in the container?"

Let p represent the number of pens.

Which equation represents the situation?


A. 2p−9=25
B.p + 9 = 25
C.2(p+9)=25
D2p + 9 = 25

Answer 1

Let p be the number of pens in container. If there are 9 more pencils than pens, then there are p+9 pencils in container.

In total, there are p+p+9=2p+9 utensils in the container.

You know that there are 25 writing utensils in the container in all, thus

2p+9=25.

Answer: correct option is D.