sabrina starts with 84 coins. she gives 6 coins to a friend and then puts the remaining coins into 3 bags with an equal number of coins in each bag.

Question

complete the equations representing this situation. use c to represent the number of coins in each bag

84 = ___

Answer 1

Let's break down the situation step by step:

1. Sabrina starts with 84 coins.

2. She gives away 6 coins to a friend, so the remaining coins are:

   \[ 84 - 6 = 78 \]

3. She then puts the remaining coins (78) into 3 bags, with an equal number of coins in each bag. If we let \( c \) represent the number of coins in each bag, we can set up the equation:

   \[ 3c = 78 \]

Finally, we can complete the initial equation you provided:

\[ 84 = 6 + 3c \]

So the completed equation representing this situation is:

\[ 84 = 6 + 3c \]