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A company has two manufacturing plants with daily production levels of 8x + 15 items and 3x-7 items, respectively. The first plant produces how many more items daily than the second plant?

The first plant produces more items daily than the second plant
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To find the difference in the number of items produced by the two plants, we can subtract the production level of the second plant from that of the first plant. This gives us:


  • 8x + 15 - (3x - 7) = 5x + 22

Therefore, the first plant produces
5x + 22 more items daily than the second plant.

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