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OpenStudy (anonymous):

write an expression for the situation each persons share of baseball cards if 4 people share c cards equally ?

OpenStudy (tylerd):

if there are 8 cards split to 4 people, how many cards does each person get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4

OpenStudy (tylerd):

2

OpenStudy (tylerd):

2+2+2+2=8 8/2=4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohhh

OpenStudy (tylerd):

so if c is the number of cards

OpenStudy (tylerd):

c needs to be divided amongst 4 people equally

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so whats the answer

OpenStudy (tylerd):

what would you say?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it would be 2 right ?

OpenStudy (tylerd):

no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ugh

OpenStudy (tylerd):

we dont know how many cards there are in total in this case

OpenStudy (tylerd):

its just the variable C

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so how would the answer be set up

OpenStudy (tylerd):

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