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Mr. bean just won the lottery and is going to pay it forward! He's going to give students he see's in the hall $4 and teachers he see's in the hall $7. even though he won $100,000,000,000 he's only willing to give out $100

a) create an equation to model this situation

b) solve your equation in terms of the variable you designated for the number of students that mr. bean gave money to

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Answer:

a) 4x +7y =100 b) 4x = 100-7y

Explanation:

students = 4x

teachers = 7y

4x +7y = 100

4x =100 -7y

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