Question

Simon and his friends have 27 pieces of candy. They split them up evenly and each person gets 9 pieces. How many people are there? Select the correct equation and solve for p....

Question 6 options:

27 = 9p; p = 3


9 = 27 - p; p = 18


p/27 = 9; p = 3


9 + p = 27; p = 18

Answer 1

The correct equation and solution for the number of people (p) is:

p/9 = 27/9; p = 27/9 * 9/1 = 27

So there are 27 people.

Explanation:

Answer 2

p/27 = 9;p = 3

Explanation:

thats the answer