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Perry divided up some candy to give equally to his six friends if c represents the total amount write an expression to represent how much candy each friend recieves

User NoobTW
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its c/6 BC u divided and subtracted
User DerekG
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Use easy numbers if you get confused on problems like these.

I'm going to use 12 instead of c.
Since you have 12 pieces of candy and 6 friends, each friend would get 2 pieces, because 12/6=2.

Now, substitute c for 12, and you get c/6.

Hope this helps!
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