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?
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@snowflake0531
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had 4 boxes of pens that each contained y pens. so this mean total 4y yes ?
17/6-4y, 6+4y/17, 4y/17,17/4y-6, 4y-6/17, 6-4y/17
She took 6 pens out of one of the boxes what mean this ?
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this mean 4y -6 yes ?
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @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 ?
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@snowflake0531
do you know the correct answer here ?
umm so well, like what jhonyy9 said, it's 4y-6, but then because it divides to 17 people it's (4y-6)/17
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @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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