SOLUTION: Mr Turner bought x box of pencils. Each box holds 25 pencils. He left 3 boxes at home and took the rest to school. what expression represents the total number of pencils he took to

Question 746549: Mr Turner bought x box of pencils. Each box holds 25 pencils. He left 3 boxes at home and took the rest to school. what expression represents the total number of pencils he took to school? a.) 22x b.) 25x-3 c.)25-3x d.) 25x-75
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we are given the following problem
Mr Turner bought x box of pencils. Each box holds 25 pencils. He left 3 boxes at home and took the rest to school. what expression represents the total number of pencils he took to school? a.) 22x b.) 25x-3 c.)25-3x d.) 25x-75
We know Mr. Turner left 3 boxes of pencils at home - that is a total of 25*3=75 and he bought x*25 pencils, so the expression is
25x-75 is the total number of pencils he brought to school and
d.) 25x-75 is the answer

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