Question

Cherylis making candy bags for her friends. She has a bag of candy that has 20 pieces and a bag of candy that has 15 pieces. If she is making candy bags for 5 friends, how many pieces of candy, c, will each friend receive?

Answer 1

Each friend will receive 7 candies.

Explanation:

Given that:

Number of candies in one bag = 20 pieces

Number of candies in other bag = 15 pieces

Total number of candies = 20 + 15 = 35 pieces

Number of friends = 5

Let,

c be the number of candies each friend will receive.

5c = 35

Dividing both sides by 5

`(5c)/(5)=(35)/(5)`

c = 7

Hence,

Each friend will receive 7 candies.