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LaShawn won 71 tokens playing basketball at the county fair. At school, she gave 3 tokens to every student in her math class. She only has 5 tokens remaining.(1 point)

Write an equation that can be used to find the total number of students, s, in her math class.

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To find the total number of students \( s \) in LaShawn's math class, you can start by setting up an equation based on the information given.

LaShawn initially had 71 tokens and after giving away tokens to her classmates, she has 5 tokens remaining. The number of tokens given away can be represented as \( 3s \) (since she gives 3 tokens to each of her \( s \) students).

You can express this situation with the following equation:

\[ 71 - 3s = 5 \]

This equation can be used to find the total number of students \( s \) in her math class.

thats not it. we want something more like _s + _ =_

Sure! We can rearrange the equation to fit the format you provided.

Starting from the original equation:

\[ 71 - 3s = 5 \]

We want to rearrange it into the format \( as + b = c \).

  1. First, add \( 3s \) to both sides:

\[ 71 = 3s + 5 \]

  1. Next, subtract 5 from both sides:

\[ 71 - 5 = 3s \]

  1. This simplifies to:

\[ 66 = 3s \]

Now, the equation is in the form \( as + b = c \):

\[ 3s + 5 = 71 \]

Here \( a = 3 \), \( b = 5 \), and \( c = 71 \). So the final equation is:

\[ 3s + 5 = 71 \]

how many students are there?

To find the number of students \( s \), we can use the equation we derived:

\[ 3s + 5 = 71 \]

Now, let's solve for \( s \):

  1. Subtract 5 from both sides:

\[ 3s = 71 - 5 \]

\[ 3s = 66 \]

  1. Now, divide both sides by 3:

\[ s = \frac{66}{3} \]

\[ s = 22 \]

So, there are 22 students in LaShawn's math class.