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Nathan and Tony hiked in the woods yesterday and came home with poison ivy. Tony has 5 times as many spots as Nathan. How many spots does Nathan have, x? Which table represents this situation?

Nathan and Tony hiked in the woods yesterday and came home with poison ivy. Tony has-example-1
Nathan and Tony hiked in the woods yesterday and came home with poison ivy. Tony has-example-1
Nathan and Tony hiked in the woods yesterday and came home with poison ivy. Tony has-example-2
User Bhargav Amin
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Here, we want to get the correct equation and select the correct table

From the question, we have it that Tony has 5 times what Nathan had

Hence, given that Nathan has x, Tony has 5 times this and we have it as;


5* x\text{ = 5x}

What this mean is that the right column of the table will be 5 times what is on the left column

Hence, the correct table here is the table with the heading 5x

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