Question

Jack's mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 2 chocolates left. Write an equation to determine the number of friends (x) at Jack's party. Find the number of friends at Jack's party. equation: friends:

Answer 1

The Equation is
`3x+2=50` and there were 16 friends at Jacks Party.

Explanation:

Given:

Total Chocolates Jack have = 50

Let the number of friends at Jack's party be x.

He gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends.

Total chocolates given to friend = 3x

And still had 2 chocolates left.

Chocolate left = 2

hence the equation can be framed as;

Total Chocolates Jack have is equal Total Chocolates to Jack friends plus chocolate left

Hence the equation is;

`3x+2=50`

Now Solving the above equation to find number of friends we get;

`3x+2=50\\3x=50-2\\3x=48\\x=(48)/(3)=16`

Hence there were 16 friends at jack's party.

Equation:
`3x+2=50`

Friends: 16