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Tanya distributes pencils to students in her class for an upcoming test. The number of pencils she hands out is given by the equation p = 3s, where p is the number of pencils and s is the number of students. If there are 16 students in Tanya's class, how many pencils did she distribute?

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Answer:

The answer is 48. You plug in 16 into s and multiply by 3 to get 48.

Explanation:

divided and mutiply

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The answer is 48. You plug in 16 into s and multiply by 3 to get 48.
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