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)

Question

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

Answer 1

To find the total number of students, \( s \), in LaShawn's math class, we start with the initial number of tokens she had and how many she gave away, along with her remaining tokens.

LaShawn starts with 71 tokens and gives away 3 tokens to each student in her math class, which is a total of \( 3s \) tokens given away. After giving away tokens, she has 5 tokens left.

So, the equation can be set up as follows:

\[ 71 - 3s = 5 \]

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

Answer 2

the equation is addition

Answer 3

I apologize for any confusion. Let's express the situation in terms of addition to find the total number of students, \( s \), in LaShawn's math class.

LaShawn initially had 71 tokens, and after giving 3 tokens to each student, 5 tokens remain. We can express the tokens she gave away as \( 3s \).

Starting from her initial tokens and adding what she has left after giving some away gives us:

\[ 3s + 5 = 71 \]

This equation expresses the total tokens given away plus the remaining tokens equaling her initial amount. You can solve for \( s \) using this equation.