Question

Jack's mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 2 chocolates left.
Write an equation to determine the number of friends at Jack's party.
Find the number of friends at Jack's party.

Answer 1

16 friends

(3*x) + 2 = 50

50 - 2 = 3*x

48 = 3*x

48/3 = x

16 = x

No. of friends is 16

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Answer 2

Answer:

$number \: of \: total \: chocolates \\ \: his \: moter \: gave = 50 \\ mumber \: of \: chocolates \\ \: left \: wth \: him \: = 2 \\number \: of \: chocolates \\ he \: g ave \: for \: each \: student \: \: = 3 \\ equation = 50 \div 3 = x + 2 \ \\ 16 = x + 2 \\ x = 16 - 2 \\ = 14$

Total no.of students = 14...

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