A school store has 1,200 pencils in stock and sells and average of 25 pencils per day. The manager reorders when the number of pencils in stock is 500. Write and solve an equation to find out how many days will pass before the manager needs to order more pencils.
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(1200 - 500) / 25 = d
28
The equation is -20x + 2,000 = 1,000
x = 50
x = 50
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