Question

Deshawn won 95 pieces of gum playing hoops at the county fair. At school he gave four to every student in his math class. Write an expression for how many pieces of gum deshawn has now

Answer 1

Answer:

x = 95 - 4y

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the pieces he has now be a variable x and the no. of students in his class be y, So the pieces he gave to everyone become 4y (note that 4 here means he had given four to each) and as he had won 95 pieces at the fair in the starting,

therefore the equation becomes:-

x = 95 - 4y