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At a party, the number of people who ate meatballs was 11 fewer than 13 of the total people. Five people ate meatballs.

Write and solve an equation to find the number of people at the party. Let x represent the number of people at the party.


B.Write a one-step equation that has the same solution ill give 25 points for an answer asap please it's due today!

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Answer:

5=1/3x-11

Step-by-step explanation:

Add eleven to each side to get 16=1/3x. Then multiply each side by three to get 48=x, so x=48.-step explanation:

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