Pinewood Academy's winter carnival is coming up, and Mr. Meyer is in charge of ordering the craft kits again. He knows he ordered 9 boxes of snowman kits last year but can't remember how many kits come in a box. He checks the records and finds that the school used 168 of the snowman kits last year and had 12 left over after the event.Which equation can Mr. Meyer use to find how many snowman kits, k, come in each box?Choices:(A) 9(k−168)=12(B) 9k−168=12(C) 168(k−9)=12(D) 168k−9=12
Q. Pinewood Academy's winter carnival is coming up, and Mr. Meyer is in charge of ordering the craft kits again. He knows he ordered 9 boxes of snowman kits last year but can't remember how many kits come in a box. He checks the records and finds that the school used 168 of the snowman kits last year and had 12 left over after the event.Which equation can Mr. Meyer use to find how many snowman kits, k, come in each box?Choices:(A) 9(k−168)=12(B) 9k−168=12(C) 168(k−9)=12(D) 168k−9=12
Understand total kits: Step 1: Understand the total number of kits used and left over.Mr. Meyer used 168 kits and had 12 left over, so the total kits from the boxes is 168+12=180 kits.
Set up equation for kits per box: Step 2: Set up the equation to find the number of kits per box, k.Since he ordered 9 boxes and the total number of kits is 180, the equation to find k is 9k=180.
Solve for k: Step 3: Solve for k.Divide both sides of the equation by 9 to isolate k: k=9180=20.
Check equation choices: Step 4: Check the equation choices given.The correct equation that represents the situation is 9k=180. However, this equation is not listed in the choices. The closest correct form based on the setup is 9k−168=12, which rearranges to 9k=180.
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