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Mary is planning a party for her brother. She has 36 prizes and 24 balloons. What is the greatest number of children who can attend the party so that each child gets an equal number of prizes and an equal number of balloons?How many prizes and balloons will each child get at the party?Solve the problem using the Distributive Property. Write the equation and show how distributive property was used, along with your final answer

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Answer:

2 balloons / 3 prizes for the 12 kids.

Explanation:

I'm not sure on how to do this distributive property work, but i'm pretty sure, from doing my math, that this is the correct answer. Sorry i couldn't help you with this part ;(

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Answer:

2 balloons and 3 prizes for each child for 12 children

Explanation:

I dont really know how to show this in distributive property but thats the answer hope this helped

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