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MATH / A pencil costs p dollars and an eraser costs e dollars. Mark buys 3 more pencils than erasers, and he buys 7 pencils. Write an expression that represents the amount of money that M…

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A pencil costs pp dollars and an eraser costs ee dollars. Mark buys 33 more pencils than erasers, and he buys 77 pencils. Write an expression that represents the amount of money that Mark spent, in dollars.
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A pencil costs p dollars and an eraser costs e dollars. Mark buys 3 more pencils than erasers, and he buys 7 pencils. Write an expression that represents the amount of money that Mark spent, in dollars.
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A pencil costs $p$ dollars and an eraser costs $e$ dollars. Mark buys $3$ more pencils than erasers, and he buys $7$ pencils. Write an expression that represents the amount of money that Mark spent, in dollars.

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Level 3

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Prealgebra

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