1. Emmanuel bought 28 lb of potting soil this week. This amount is 4 lb more than twice the amount of potting soil he bought las
t 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, 11, or 12, will solve the equation in Part (b)? Show your work.
(d) How many pounds of potting soil did Emmanuel buy last week?
You find 8% of 55.35 which is 4.42 Then you find 15% of 55.35 which is 8.30 You add them together which equals 12.72 You then subtract 12.75 from 55.35 55.35-12.75=42.63 The original price was $42.63
