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Four friends are playing the board game Hidden Treasure. The game begins with 40 coins

divided evenly among the four players. Each player keeps 2 of their coins on the table and
keeps the rest of the coins inside their bag.
Let b equal the number of coins in each bag.
Which equation represents the total number
of coins the four players have?

4(b+2)=40

4b=40

b+2=49

4b+2=40

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Answer:

I hope this helps 40 divided by 4 is 10 10 per person 10-2=8 8 coins in each players bag and the total amount of coins in bags is 8 times 4 which is 32

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