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PLEASE HELP THIS IS TIMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A gumball machine had 78 gumballs. Each person who put a coin into the machine gets 3 gumballs. After a certain number of people got gumballs, there were 54 gumballs remaining. Estimate how many people got gumballs out of the machine.

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Answer:

8 people got gumballs out of the machine.

Explanation:

Given that:

Number of gumballs in machine = 78

Number of gumballs on each coin = 3

Number of gumballs left = 54

Let,

x be the number of people who put coin

Gumballs left = Total gumballs - 3*Number of people

54 = 78 - 3x

3x = 78 - 54

3x = 24

Dividing both sides by 3


(3x)/(3)=(24)/(3)\\x=8

Hence,

8 people got gumballs out of the machine.

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