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Nick bought t candies and divided them equally between his y friends and me. Each of us got 7 candies.

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As I understand, you need to write an equation that relates
t \ and \ y. This problem will be solved using equations. The problem states:

Nick bought t candies and divided them equally between his y friends and me. Each of us got 7 candies.

From this statement, we know that:

t: Number of candies Nick bought.

y: Number of friends.

Since I am included in this problem, the number of people involved here can be expressed as:


y+1

Since each of us got 7 candies, then it is true that:


(t)/(y+1)=7 \\ \\ t=7(y+1)

So t (number of candies) is a function of y(number of friends).

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