Tanvi's favorite holiday activity is making gingerbread houses. She always uses 7 pieces of licorice to make a window. This year, Tanvi used 56 pieces of licorice for the windows on her gingerbread house.

Question

Let w represent how many windows are on Tanvi's gingerbread house this year. Which equation models the problem?
Solve this equation to find how many windows are on Tanvi's gingerbread house.
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Answer 1

To model the problem, we can set up the following equation based on the information given:

Since Tanvi uses 7 pieces of licorice for each window, we can express the total pieces of licorice used for the windows as \( 7w \), where \( w \) represents the number of windows. We know that she used 56 pieces of licorice for the windows, so we can write the equation as:

\[ 7w = 56 \]

Now, we can solve for \( w \):

1. Divide both sides of the equation by 7:

\[ w = \frac{56}{7} \]

2. Perform the division:

\[ w = 8 \]

So, Tanvi has 8 windows on her gingerbread house this year.