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Mr. Davis buys 5 packages of the package a glue sticks. Ms. Wilson buys 8 package of the package b glue sticks. Use your equations to find the difference in the total number of glue sticks that each person purchased.

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Answer:

The difference is [tex]5a-8b[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

If Mr. Davis  buys 5 packages of a package that contains [tex]a[/tex]  glue sticks, then the number of glue sticks he would have bought is

[tex]5a[/tex].

And if Ms. Wilson buys 8 packages of a package that contains [tex]b[/tex] glue sticks, then the number of glue sticks she would have bought is

[tex]8b[/tex]

Therefore, the difference between the number of glue sticks Mr. Davis and Ms. Wilson bought is

[tex]Difference = 5a- 8b[/tex]

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