Question

At Ryan's family reunion, Ryan hands out watermelon for the annual seed-spitting contest. He gives a watermelon slice to each kid at the reunion. He also gives a slice to 25 adults. Ryan hands out 55 watermelon slices in all.

Which equation can you use to find how many kids k are at the reunion?

A. 25k=55
B. k+25=55
C.k-25=55
D.(k)/(25)=55

Kids= ?

Answer 1

The correct equation is C. k-25=55.

Let's break down the problem. We know that Ryan hands out 55 watermelon slices in total, and that he gives 25 of those slices to adults. That means he must have given 55 - 25 = 30 slices to kids.

We also know that each kid gets one slice, so we can set up the following equation:

```

k = the number of kids

k * 1 = the number of slices given to kids

k * 1 = 30

```

Simplifying the right side of the equation, we get:

```

k * 1 = 30

k = 30

```

Therefore, the equation C. k-25=55 is the correct one to use to find the number of kids at the reunion. The answer is k = 30.

Here is the Python code to solve this problem:

```

kids = 55 - 25

print(kids)

```

This code will print the number of kids at the reunion, which is 30.

Answer 2

Answer: B. k+25=55

Explanation:

To find the number of kids (k) at the reunion, we can use the equation B. k + 25 = 55.

This equation represents that the number of kids (k) plus the number of adults (25) is equal to the total number of watermelon slices handed out (55).