Question

its the day befofe valentines day and shelly needs to get valentine cards for all of her classmates the desks are arranged in a rectangle 7 rows wide and 5 rows long if there are 3 desks that are empty how many students are in the class

Answer 1

32 students

Explanation:

7 times 5= 35

35-3=32 students

Answer 2

21

Explanation:

(7x2)+(5x2)-3=21

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