Question

You purchase x number of balloons for your party. You distribute them evenly among 8 tables. While you are finishing up with your decorations, 2 balloons pop. Is it true that each table will now have x − 2 8/2 balloons? Explain why or why not. someone help plzz

Answer 1

That expression is not true. To evenly distribute the balloons you use x/8. Then you subtract 2 balloons from that total amount. The subtraction must be done after the division. There will not be the same number of balloons at each table.

Explanation:

It was the sample answer.

Answer 2

No, it's just maximum of two tables that lost balloon so there is no way it affected each table.

Explanation:

Number of balloons purchased= x

Number of tables = 8.

Each table has = x/8 balloons

If 2 balloons pop.

Let's assume it's just from a table

That table has( x/8 -2)

If it's from 2 table

The two table has

(X/8-1) for both tables

But the total balloon remaining = x-2

There is no particular equation that can describe the gallon on each table because it's only two balloons that popped.