Question

Joshua is making spaghetti and meatballs for dinner for his friends. Joshua makes 30 meatballs. If Joshua wants 5 meatballs on each plate of spaghetti, how many plates can Joshua make? Write an equation to represent the scenario, and solve.

Answer 1

`x = 6`

Explanation:

Given

Let y represent the number of meatballs in total and x represents the number of plates.

`y = 30`

`Rate = 5` per plate

Required

Determine the value of x

To solve for x, we make use of the following expression.

`y = Rate * x`

Substitute values for y and Rate

`30 = 5 * x`

`30 = 5 x`

Divide through by 5

`30/5 = 5 x/5`

`6 = x`

`x = 6`

Hence, number of plates is 6