Question

10. Jack’s mom gave him 50 chocolates. At Jack’s party, he gave each of his friends 6 chocolates. Unfortunately Jack was 4 pieces short, and one friend only got 2 pieces of chocolate. How many people were at Jack’s Party?

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Step 2: Solve the problem using your equation above. (Show what work you do.)






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Help I HAVE 5 MINUTES

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Let f = number of friends

all but one friend got 6 pieces and 1 friend got 2 for a total of 50 pieces

6(f-1) + 2 = 50

Subtract 2 from each side

6(f-1) +2-2 = 50-2

6(f-1) = 48

Divide by 6

6(f-1)/6 = 48/6

f-1 = 8

Add 1 to each side

f-1+1=8+1

f=9

Jack has 9 friends at the party

With Jack and his mom, there are 11 people