A store allows customers to fill their own bags of candy. Glen decides he only wants caramels and candy corn. Caramels sell for $0.95 per pound, and candy corn sells for $0.79 per pound. Glen’s bag weighs 1.7 pounds and it costs $1.48.
If p is the number of pounds of caramels Glen purchases, what expression could be used to represent the number of pounds of candy corn he purchases?

1.7p
1.7 – p
p + 1.7
p – 1.7

I got 1.7p

Question

A store allows customers to fill their own bags of candy. Glen decides he only wants caramels and candy corn. Caramels sell for $0.95 per pound, and candy corn sells for $0.79 per pound. Glen’s bag weighs 1.7 pounds and it costs $1.48.
If p is the number of pounds of caramels Glen purchases, what expression could be used to represent the number of pounds of candy corn he purchases?

1.7p
1.7 – p
 p + 1.7
 p – 1.7

I got 1.7p