Hue is arranging chairs. She can form 5 rows of a given length with 2 chairs left over, or 7 rows of that same length if she get

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Norma-Jean [14]

3 years ago

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Hue is arranging chairs. She can form 5 rows of a given length with 2 chairs left over, or 7 rows of that same length if she get

s 16 more chairs.
Help me what is the equation please

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Andru [333] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-15T03:32:28+03:00

Andru [333]3 years ago

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I just took the 16 chairs and added 2 since thats how many are left over, then since adding these 16 chairs, you are creating 2 more rows, so (16+2)/2 =9 Therefore, each row must have nine chairs in it and Hue starts off with 5x9+2= 47 chairs