Question

Emmanuel bought 28 lb of potting soil this week. This amount is 4 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.
(b) Let p represent the unknown information. Write an equation to model the problem.
show your work

Answer 1

Answer:

7 (28lb ÷ 4lb = 7lb)

Step-by-step explanation:

28÷4= p

Answer 2

An equation for this:

28 * 2 + 4 = p