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emily101:

Jaden’s teacher had 4 boxes of pens that each contained y pens. She took 6 pens out of one of the boxes and told her 17 students to divide the remaining pens equally among themselves. Which expression shows the number of pens each student got?

emily101:

need help plz

jhonyy9:

@snowflake0531

snowflake0531:

what are the choices * since itsays *which expression

jhonyy9:

had 4 boxes of pens that each contained y pens. so this mean total 4y yes ?

emily101:

17/6-4y, 6+4y/17, 4y/17,17/4y-6, 4y-6/17, 6-4y/17

jhonyy9:

She took 6 pens out of one of the boxes what mean this ?

emily101:

idk

jhonyy9:

this mean 4y -6 yes ?

jhonyy9:

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @jhonyy9 this mean 4y -6 yes ? \(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\) from the total of 4y she took out 6 so 4y -6 ok ?

emily101:

ok

emily101:

can i end this question

emily101:

yes or no

jhonyy9:

yes ofc.

emily101:

ok thx

jhonyy9:

did you get the correct answer ?

jhonyy9:

@snowflake0531

jhonyy9:

do you know the correct answer here ?

snowflake0531:

umm so well, like what jhonyy9 said, it's 4y-6, but then because it divides to 17 people it's (4y-6)/17

jhonyy9:

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @snowflake0531 umm so well, like what jhonyy9 said, it's 4y-6, but then because it divides to 17 people it's (4y-6)/17 \(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\) exactly - good job !

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