Question

Some friends equally split some containers of strawberries. each container held the same number of strawberries. the expression 9x7 represents how many strawberries each person received when splitting x containers. what does the number 7 in the expression represent?

Answer 1

It is given that, the expression 9x7 represents strawberries each person received when splitting x containers.

Now 9x7=9*7*x=63 x----Natural number satisfies Associative property with respect to Multiplication

There were 7 friends who split x containers of Strawberries.

So,total number of Containers=x+x+x+x+x+x+x=7x

So, number of Strawberries received by each person

`\rightarrow(63)/(7)\\\\=9`