Mathematics: Emmanuel bought 35 lb of potting soil this week. this amount is 5 lb more than twice the amount of potting soil he bought last week. answer the following questions to find the number of pounds of soil emmanuel purchased last week. (a) what is the unknown information? (b) let p represent the unknown information. write an equation to model the problem. (c) which number, 10, 15, or 20, will solve the equation in part (b)? show your work. (d) how many pounds of potting soil did emmanuel buy last week?

Emmanuel bought 35 lb of potting soil this week. this

21briannamtimms

02.01.2022

a. the unknown information is the amount of potting soil that was brought last week.

b. the equation is 2p+5=35.

c.15

c. 15lb

Step-by-step explanation:

c. using 2p+5=35

if p=10 then the equation=25

if p=15 then the equation=35

if p=20 then the equation=45

so p=15 is true

d. since p=15 then the amount of potting soil last week was 15lb

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kcruz0609

19.02.2023

i was never good at math but i did 875 divided by 18 and i got 48.6%

Step-by-step explanation:

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