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Steve hade 17 pencils in his backpack. this represents 5 more than 6/7 the number of pencils that Clyde has in his backpack

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Let he has n pencils

So


\\ \rm\hookrightarrow (6n)/(7)+5=17


\\ \rm\hookrightarrow (6n)/(7)=12


\\ \rm\hookrightarrow 6n=84


\\ \rm\hookrightarrow n=14

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Answer:

Clyde has 14 pencils in his backpack

Explanation:

Let x be the number of pencils that Clyde has in his backpack.

We can translate this statement “Steve hade 17 pencils in his backpack. this represents 5 more than 6/7 the number of pencils that Clyde has in his backpack” mathematically like this :


17=5+(6)/(7) x \\\\ \Longleftrightarrow 17-5=(6)/(7) x \\\\ \Longleftrightarrow 12=(6)/(7) x \\ \\\Longleftrightarrow x=(12* 7)/(6) =14

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