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A cafeteria starts with 750 fish sticks for lunch. Each meal they serve uses 6 of the fish sticks, At the end of the lunch there are 42 fish sticks left. Let n be the number of meals served in the cafeteria. Set up and solve an equation to find the value of n.

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Answer:

The value of N = 118

Explanation:

750 = 6n + 42

move all the numbers that don't contain n to the right side

6n = 750 - 42

6n = 708

708 / 6 = 118

n = 118

plug the numbers back in

6 ( 118) = 708

708 = 708

plug the 42 back in

708 + 42 = 750

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