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Ryan won 60 tickets playing a game at the arcade. He gave four tickets

to each of his friends and now has 8
left. How many friends received a
ticket?

please help me ASAP

User Alif
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2 Answers

5 votes

Answer:

60 tickets he gave 13 friends 4 tickets

13 friends

Explanation:

User Chrystine
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4 votes

Answer:

13 friends recieved a ticket.

Explanation:

To solve this, we can set up an equation.

Let's say that he has x friends.

60-4x=8

Now we can solve this equation by isolating x.

First we can subtract 60 from both sides.

-4x=-52

Divide both sides by -4.

x=13

User Lawris
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