Question

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Select the correct expression.
Jaden’s teacher had 4 boxes of pens that each contained y pens. She took 6 pens out of one of the boxes and told her 17 students to divide the remaining pens equally among themselves. Which expression shows the number of pens each student got?

Answer 1

This answer is right

Answer 2

`(4y - 6)/(17)`

Explanation:

1. There are 4 boxes containing y number of pens. This means that in 4 boxes there are y pens so we multiply 4 and y.
2. The teacher then takes 6 pens out so you minus the amount of pens from the 4y leaving 4y - 6.
3. The teacher then asks the students to share the pens out between 17 of them equally. To do this you must divide by 17 to get an equal number of pens for each student.
4. This means the correct expression is
   `(4y - 6)/(17)`