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 (x) at Jack's party. Find the number of friends at Jack's party.friends
Q. 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 (x) at Jack's party. Find the number of friends at Jack's party.friends
Jack's mom gave chocolates: Jack's mom gave him 50 chocolates.
Chocolates given to friends: He gave 3 chocolates to each friend.
Remaining chocolates: He had 2 chocolates left.
Total chocolates given: Total chocolates given to friends = 50−2=48.
Chocolates per friend: Each friend got 3 chocolates.
Number of friends: Number of friends x = Total chocolates given to friends / Chocolates per friend.
Calculation for number of friends:x=348.
Final result:x=16.
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