Question

Lisa is assembling fruit baskets for a large corporate order. She starts with 66 pears and will put 5 pears in each fruit basket.

Write an equation that shows how the number of pears remaining, y, depends on the number of fruit baskets Lisa assembles, x.

Answer 1

x = 61

Explanation:

Based on the given conditions, formulate: x = 66 - 5

Calculate the sum or difference: x = 61

Get the result: x = 61