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Joe bought n packs of pencils. Each pack has 10 pencils. Write an equation to represent-example-1

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Given:

The number of pencils in each box is 10.

The total number of pencil boxes is n.

To write: The equation that represents the total number of pencils

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of pencils is calculated by multiplying the number of boxes by the number of pencils in each box.

So, the equation is written as


\begin{gathered} \text{Total number of boxes=Total number of boxes}* Number\text{ of pencils in each box} \\ p=n*10 \end{gathered}

Final answer: The equation is,


p=10n

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