Tanya distributes pencils to students in her class for an upcoming test. The number of pencils she hands out is given by the equ

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Tanya distributes pencils to students in her class for an upcoming test. The number of pencils she hands out is given by the equ

ation p = 3s, where p is the number of pencils and s is the number of students. If there are 16 students in Tanya's class, how many pencils did she distribute?
3

8

18

48

Mathematics

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miss Akunina [59] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-12T01:07:14+03:00

miss Akunina [59]3 years ago

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P = 3s......p = # of pencils and s = # of students

if there were 16 students......so s = 16
p = 3s
p = 3(16)
p = 48 <=== 48 pencils