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A package of pencils contains 12 pencils. Billy bought p packages of pencils but gave 10 pencils to his friend. Write an expression that represents the number of pencils Billy h…

A package of pencils contains 12 pencils. Billy bought p packages of pencils but gave 10 pencils to his friend. Write an expression that represents the number of pencils Billy h…
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A package of pencils contains 12 pencils. Billy bought p packages of pencils but gave 10 pencils to his friend. Write an expression that represents the number of pencils Billy has left.

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12p-10=something
12 times p is how many pencils he bought. its -10, because he's losing 10, since he gave some to his friend. You would need a variable for how many pencils he has left.
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here is the expression
12p - 10 = x
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