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Emmanuel bought 28 lb of potting soil this week. This amount is 4 lb. more than twice the amount of potting soil he bought last week. Answer the following questions to find the number of pounds of soil Emmanuel purchased last week.

(b) Let p represent the unknown information. Write an equation to model the problem.
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Answer:

7 (28lb ÷ 4lb = 7lb)

Explanation:

28÷4= p

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An equation for this:

28 * 2 + 4 = p

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