A store allows customers to fill their own bags of candy. Troy decides he only wants chocolate-covered pretzels and gumdrops. Chocolate-covered pretzels sell for $0.89 per pound, and gumdrops sell for $0.65 per pound. Troy’s bag weighs 1.8 pounds and it cost $1.29.

If p is the number of pounds of chocolate-covered pretzels Troy purchases, what expression could be used to represent the number of pounds of gumdrops he purchases?

Question

A store allows customers to fill their own bags of candy. Troy decides he only wants chocolate-covered pretzels and gumdrops. Chocolate-covered pretzels sell for $0.89 per pound, and gumdrops sell for $0.65 per pound. Troy’s bag weighs 1.8 pounds and it cost $1.29.

If p is the number of pounds of chocolate-covered pretzels Troy purchases, what expression could be used to represent the number of pounds of gumdrops he purchases?