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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.

User Sam Joseph
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5 more items
This is because the most important term here is the x part because output is guided by the x component. So, 8x-3x=5x.
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