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Jacks mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party he gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 2 chocolates left write an equation to determine the number of friends (x) at jack party find the number of friends at jack party

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Equation: 50 - 3x = 2 or 3x + 2 = 50
To solve:
1) -3x = -48 or 3x = 48
2) x = 16 friends
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