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The county fair is looking for volunteers to help with the hot-dog-eating contest, so Hugo signs up. Before the contest begins, Hugo puts 15 hot dogs on each contestant's plate. There are 180 hot dogs in all.

Use an equation to find the number of contestants in the contest.

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180=15x

180 is the total number of hot dogs and 15 is the number of hot dogs on each contestants plate. x is the number if contestants.
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There would be 12 contestants
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