300−1.5pTo promote his new business, Claudio made 300 tamales to give to pedestrians. The expression above describes the number of tamales remaining after passing out samples to p pedestrians. If Claudio passed out samples to 160 pedestrians, how many tamales would remain?□
Q. 300−1.5pTo promote his new business, Claudio made 300 tamales to give to pedestrians. The expression above describes the number of tamales remaining after passing out samples to p pedestrians. If Claudio passed out samples to 160 pedestrians, how many tamales would remain?□
Plug in pedestrians number: First, plug in the number of pedestrians p into the expression 300−1.5p to find out how many tamales are left.So, we calculate 300−1.5×160.
Calculate 1.5×160: Now, multiply 1.5 by 160 which is 240.
Subtract to find remaining tamales: Next, subtract 240 from 300 to get the number of tamales remaining.So, 300−240 equals 60.
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