At the school's holiday craft fair, Adele 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? Solve this equation for r to find the number of licorice ropes that came in the bag. licorice ropes
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To find the total number of licorice ropes \( r \) in the bag, we need to consider how many students there are and how many licorice ropes each student receives.
Since there are 7 students and each student receives 5 licorice ropes, we can set up the equation:
\[ r = 7 \times 5 \]
Now, let's solve this equation:
\[ r = 35 \]
Thus, the total number of licorice ropes that came in the bag is \( \boxed{35} \).
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