Question

At a party, the amount of people who ate meatballs was 12 less than 1/3 of the total

number of people. The number of people who ate meatballs was 5. Write and solve an equation to
find the number of people at the party. Let x represent the number of people at the party. Use pencil
and paper. Write a one-step equation that has the same solution.
Write an equation that represents the number of people at the party.

1/3x-12=5

there where __ people at the party

Answer 1

there were x people and 5 people that ate the meatballs so 1/3 times 12 equals five and that would be 51 i think thats correct

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