At the school's holiday craft fair, Lucia and her classmates get to make gingerbread houses. Their teacher divides a bag of licorice ropes evenly among the 7 students at the table. Each student gets 5 licorice ropes to decorate the roof of his or her gingerbread house.
Which equation can you use to find the number of licorice ropes r that came in the bag?
(pick an answer)
7r=5
r+7=5
r/7=5
r-7=5
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7r=5
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