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A pizza company charges $8 for a large pizza and a $5 delivery charge. Write an equation that gives the

number of pizzas P ordered for an order that costs $29.

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8p +5 = $29
The above is the equation

If you want to know how many pizza were ordered then you subtract 5 from each side of the equal sign then you would have 8p=24 then divide by 8 on both sides of equal sign . p= 3 ; so 3 pizzas were order plus a charge of $5 for delivery.
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