Jack's mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He gave 3 chocola

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    Jack's mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 2 chocolates left.

    If Jack had 2 chocolates left, then the total given to his friends is:
    50 - 2 = 48

    Let f be the number of friends at his birthday party. Then we have:
    3f = 48

    Typing this equation into our search engine, we get:
    f = 16
     

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