Meee! a problem states: "there are 9 more pencils than pens in a container. there are 25 writing utensils in the container in all. how many pens are there in the container? " let p represent the number of pens. which equation represents the situation? a. 2p−9=25 b. p + 9 = 25 c.2(p+9)=25 d2p + 9 = 25

Let p be the number of pens in container. If there are 9 more pencils than pens, then there are p+9 pencils in container.

In total, there are p+p+9=2p+9 utensils in the container.

You know that there are 25 writing utensils in the container in all, thus

2p+9=25.

correct option is D.

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