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A card game has 50 cards. After dealing 7 cards to each player, Tupi has 15 cards left over. Solve the equation 50-7p=15 to find the number of players.

User Eugen Timm
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There are 5 players.
15-50=-35/37=5
User Noobug
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50 - 7p = 15....subtract 50 from both sides
-7p = 15 - 50
-7p = - 35...divide both sides by -7
p = -35/-7
p = 5 <=== there are 5 players
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