144 coins are divided equally among some children. If there were 3 children fewer, each child would have 16 coins. How many children are there?

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Explanation:

144/16=9

Each child gets sixteen coins if there are nine children.

9+3=12

There are three more children so there are twelve.

Evgeny Karpov answered Jul 11, 2022

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