Question

Greg has nickels and pennies in his pocket. The number of pennies is eleven less thantwice the number of nickels. Let n represent the number of nickels. Write an expressionfor the number of pennies.

Answer 1

Answer:

p = 2n - 11

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of nickels = n

Let p represent the number of pennies

Twice the number of nickels = 2n

The number of pennies is eleven less than twice the number of nickels.

Number of pennies = 2(Number of nickels) - 11

The expression that represents the number of pennies is:

p = 2n - 11