After begging her parents for 3 years, Elena is finally going to clown college! On the first day, her juggling instructor divides a box of bean bags equally among the 16 clowns in Elena's class. Each clown gets 6 bean bags.Which equation can you use to find the number of bean bags b in the instructor's box?Choices:(A) b−16=6(B) 16b=6(C) 16b=6(D) b+16=6Solve this equation for b to find the number of bean bags in the instructor's box.____ bean bags
Q. After begging her parents for 3 years, Elena is finally going to clown college! On the first day, her juggling instructor divides a box of bean bags equally among the 16 clowns in Elena's class. Each clown gets 6 bean bags.Which equation can you use to find the number of bean bags b in the instructor's box?Choices:(A) b−16=6(B) 16b=6(C) 16b=6(D) b+16=6Solve this equation for b to find the number of bean bags in the instructor's box.____ bean bags
Calculate Total Bean Bags: To find the correct equation, we need to express the total number of bean bags b in terms of the number of clowns and the bean bags each clown receives. Since each of the 16 clowns gets 6 bean bags, we multiply the number of clowns by the number of bean bags per clown to get the total.
Derive Correct Equation: The correct equation is b=16×6, because the total number of bean bags (b) is the number of clowns (16) times the number of bean bags each clown receives (6).
Solve for Total Bean Bags: Now we solve the equation b=16×6 to find the total number of bean bags.b=16×6b=96
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