A gumball machine has 78 gumballs. each person who puts a coin into the machine gets 3 gumballs. after a certain number of peopl

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A gumball machine has 78 gumballs. each person who puts a coin into the machine gets 3 gumballs. after a certain number of peopl

e get gumballs, there are 54 gumballs remaining.
Which equation could we use to estimate how many people (p) got gumballs out of the machine?
A. 80-3-50=p
B. 80÷3+50=p
C. (80+50)÷3=p
D. (80-50)÷3=p

Mathematics

2 answers:

Lesechka [4] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-14T16:12:26+03:00

Lesechka [4]3 years ago

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D is the bast answer for this question, but, the equation should be (78-54)/3=p.

harkovskaia [24] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-14T18:23:00+03:00

harkovskaia [24]3 years ago

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The answer would be D