Question

Tanya distributes pencils to students in her class for an upcoming test. The number of pencils she hands out is given by the equation p = 3s, where p is the number of pencils and s is the number of students. If there are 16 students in Tanya's class, how many pencils did she distribute?

A) 8
B) 18
C) 3
D) 48

Answer 1

d) 48

Explanation:

equation is p=3s and 'p' is the number of pencils and 's' being the number of students.

since the question asks us how many pencils she distributed, we have to substitude a number into the equation to make it true.

lets solve for each variable first:

p=?

s=16

we know both of the variables so all we have to do is apply it into the equation.

p=3(16) which is the same as 3 × 16

p=48

therefore tanya distributed 48 pencils (d)

Answer 2

the awnser is D hope this helps :)