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 2chocolates left.
Write an equation to determine the number of friends at Jack's party.

Answer 1

Jacks mother have him 50 choclates.
He gave three chocolates to each friend.
2 choclates still left .
50-2=48
48÷3=16
So ,therefore 16 friends in his party.

Answer 2

Answer:

Number friends at Jack's party = 16

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of chocolates given by Jack's mother = 50

Let number friends at Jack's party = x

according to the problem given,

Jack gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 2 chocolates left with him.

3x + 2 = 50

=> 3x = 50 - 2

=> 3x = 48

Divide each term by 3 , we get

=> x = 16

Therefore,

number friends at Jack's party = x = 16

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