Question

jessica's mother gave her 70 chocolates to give to her friends. She gave 3 chocolates to each of her friends at the party and had 4 chocolates left over for herself. How many friends did she have at her graduation party?

Answer 1

She had 22 friends at her graduation party.

Explanation:

70 chocolates total minus 3 chocolates times the number of friends she had at the party = 4

70-3x=4

Subtract 70 from both sides of the equation

-3x=4-70

Simplify

-3x=-66

Divide both sides of the equation by -3

-3x/-3=-66/-3

Simplify

x=22