Diane needs 165 pieces of candy to hand out to guests at a party she is hosting. Each bag of candy contains 20 pieces. She has 25 pieces left over from a previous party. She calculates she needs to purchase 7 additional bags of candy to meet the 165 piece of candy requirement. Which of the equations below verifies that she needs 7 additional bags of candy?

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anonymous · Answer

HELP

anonymous · Answer

Wheres the choices?

anonymous · Answer

To find out how many bags you would need, divide 165 by 20. You get 8.25. If she needed 7 more bags then she had 1.25 bags already. (or 1 and 1/4)

anonymous · Answer

7(20)+25=165

anonymous · Answer

Yes but remember she has 25 extra candy from the last party

anonymous · Answer

What I was going to explain but ya beat me to it XxAmina