After begging his parents for 3 years, Bryant is finally going to clown college! On the first day, his juggling instructor divides a box of bean bags equally among the 13 clowns in Bryant's class. Each clown gets 5 bean bags.Which equation can you use to find the number of bean bags b in the instructor's box?Choices:(A) b+13=5(B) b−13=5(C) 13b=5(D) 13b=5Solve this equation for b to find the number of bean bags in the instructor's box.____ bean bags
Q. After begging his parents for 3 years, Bryant is finally going to clown college! On the first day, his juggling instructor divides a box of bean bags equally among the 13 clowns in Bryant's class. Each clown gets 5 bean bags.Which equation can you use to find the number of bean bags b in the instructor's box?Choices:(A) b+13=5(B) b−13=5(C) 13b=5(D) 13b=5Solve this equation for b to find the number of bean bags in the instructor's box.____ bean bags
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We need to find the total number of bean bags b in the instructor's box that are divided equally among 13 clowns, with each clown getting 5 bean bags.
Choose the correct equation: Choose the correct equation.The total number of bean bags b is the number of clowns multiplied by the number of bean bags each clown gets. Therefore, the correct equation is:13× number of bean bags per clown =bThe equation that represents this situation is (C)13b=5, but this is incorrect because it implies each clown would get 131th of a bean bag if there were 5 bean bags in total. We need to find the equation that correctly represents the total number of bean bags.
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