Question

24. Jack's mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He

gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 22 chocolates left. Create and solve an
equation to determine how many friends are at his party.

Answer 1

3x+22=50

Explanation:

x represents the number of people at the party

3x bc each gets three pieces

22 are left over in the total 50