Question

Melissa wrote this expression to describe the number of pencils she used during the school year. 15-p Which situation could be described by this expression? A. Melissa knows she used 15 fewer pencils this year. She does not know how many she used last year. B. Melissa knows she has 15 pencils left. She doesn't know how many she started with. C. Melissa knows that she started with 15 pencils. She does not know how many pencils she used. D. Melissa knows she has 15 pencils left. She used half of her pencils.plzz plzz plzz awnser fast 14 points

Answer 1

she used 15 fewer pencil this year because 15-p= 15 less than the number she has.
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Answer 2

the answer is C. Melissa knows she has 15 pencils. She does not know how many pencils she used
because p is the number of pencils that she used and she does not know how many is it :)))
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