Nick bought t candies and divided them equally between his y friends and me. Each of us got 7 candies.

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asked Mar 28, 2020 268 views

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Don Kooijman · Answer 1 · 2020-04-01T17:37:45+0000

As I understand, you need to write an equation that relates
$t \ and \ y$ . This problem will be solved using equations. The problem states:

Nick bought t candies and divided them equally between his y friends and me. Each of us got 7 candies.

From this statement, we know that:

t: Number of candies Nick bought.

y: Number of friends.

Since I am included in this problem, the number of people involved here can be expressed as:

y+1

Since each of us got 7 candies, then it is true that:

$(t)/(y+1)=7 \\ \\ t=7(y+1)$

So t (number of candies) is a function of y(number of friends).