Question

The 14 students in Mateo's computer programming class are using the computer lab. Some computers are shared by pairs of students, and 8 students work alone. Which equation could you use to determine how many computers are shared in the computer lab? Let c be the number of shared

Answer 1

Let c be the number of shared PCs:
8 students are working alone => 14-8 = 6 students are sharing

Answer 2

6 students = 3 pairs of students

Answer 3

That means there are 3 shared computers and 8 non shared ones, so there are 11 PCs

Answer 4

so would it be 2c+8=14?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

Thanks!

Answer 7

Dang you guys are fast! LOL!