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5. Cafeteria workers make 2x + 3 plates of food each day. Write an expression to show how many plates they will produce in 20 days.
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5. Cafeteria workers make 2x + 3 plates of food each day. Write an expression to show how many plates they will produce in 20 days.

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They will produce 8 1/2 plates in 20 days.
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Your equation would be 2x + 3 = 20. Subtract 3 from both sides, you end up with 2x = 17. Won't end up as a whole number for sure.

Once each side is divided by 2, your final answer is 8.5. They will produce 8
(1)/(2) plates in 20 days.
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