Question

Jack's mother gave him 505050 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He gave 333 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 222 chocolates left. Write an equation to determine the number of friends (x)(x)(, x, )at Jack's party. Find the number of friends at Jack's party.

Answer 1

There are 16 friends at Jack's party.

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Let x be the number of friends at Jack's party.

Total number of chocolates Jack have = 50

Number of chocolates given to each friend = 3

Number of chocolates left = 2

Thus, we can write the equation:

Total number of chocolate - Total number of chocolates given = Total number of chocolates left

`50 - 3x = 2`

Solving the equation, we get,

`50 - 3x = 2\\3x = 48\\\\\Rightarrow x = (48)/(3) = 16`

Thus, there are 16 friends at Jack's party.