Question

Deshawn won 95 pieces of gum playing hoops at the county fair. At school he gave four to every student in his math class. Write an expression for how many pieces of gum deshawn has now.

Answer 1

x = 95 - 4y

Explanation:

Let the pieces he has now be a variable x

The number of students in his class be y

According to the question he gave every student 4 pieces in the class

The pieces he gave to everyone become 4y.

Note that 4 here means he had given four to each

and as he had won 95 pieces at the fair in the starting,

therefore the equation becomes:-

x = 95 - 4y....