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Ephram's backpack weighs 3 pounds less than twice what it weighed yesterday. His backpack weighs 8 pounds today. Choose the equation you could use to determine how many pounds, p, Ephram's backpack weighed yesterday. A. 3p - 2 = 8 B. 3 - 2p = 8 C. 2(p - 3) = 8 D. 2p - 3 = 8

 Jun 3, 2016
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D. 2p - 3 = 8

 

Proof  .....add 3 to both sides

 

2p  = 11     divide both sides by 2

 

p = 11/2  = 5.5

 

It weighed 5.5 lbs yesterday......twice that  = 11 lbs.......and 3  lbs less than that = 8 lbs

 

 

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 Jun 3, 2016

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