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At snack time, Ms. Rivera passes out 24 cookies to her class. She also passes out 1 glass of lemonade to each student. This equation correctly represents the total number of items distributed, where a is the number of students in the class.

a(2+1)=36
What is the value of a?

Respuesta :

Answer:  a = 12

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Explanation:

Let's solve the given equation for the variable 'a'

a(2+1) = 36

a*(3) = 36

3a = 36

a = 36/3

a = 12

There are 12 students in the class. This must mean there are 12 lemonades, because each person gets 1 lemonade.

Since there are 24 cookies, each student gets 24/12 = 2 cookies

Since each student gets 2 cookies and 1 lemonade, this is where the "2+1" comes from in the original equation. Each student gets 3 items total, which explains the notation 3a.

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