Answer is <span>A. y=14x
hope that helps</span>
one bag contains x pencils
5 bags contain 5x pencils
after adding 3 pencils to each bag
total no of pencils = 5(x+3)
According to question,
5(x+3)=45
x+3=45/5
x+3=9
x=6
one bag contained 6 pencils before adding
Answer:
36¢ per pound
Step-by-step explanation:
In 1995, the price per pound was ...
($24.7 million)/(15 million lb) = $1.6467/lb
In 2000, the price per pound was ...
($31,297,583)/(15,616,728 lb) = $2.0041/lb
The difference was ...
$2.0041 -1.6467 = $0.3574 ≈ 36¢ . . . per pound
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In a calculation such as this, you want to keep enough significant digits so that you can appropriately round the final answer. Here, the result would be different if intermediate values were rounded to whole cents.
