The student council buys pencils for $0.05 each and sells them for $0.25 each. Which expression represents the amount of profit the student council makes from selling p pencils?
a (0.25-0.05)p
b (0.25+0.05)p
c 0.25p-0.05
d 0.25p+0.05

a

Step-by-step explanation:

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Since it's profit, you'd subtract what you paid from what you sold. In this case, that would be {0.25-0.05} and multiply that by p.

Hence, you'd get a

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for future students the answer is b

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