Question

Nick bought t candies and divided them equally between his y friends and me. Each of us got 7 candies.

Answer 1

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As I understand, you need to write an equation that relates $t \ and \ y$. This problem will be solved using equations. The problem states:

Nick bought t candies and divided them equally between his y friends and me. Each of us got 7 candies.

From this statement, we know that:

t: Number of candies Nick bought.

y: Number of friends.

Since I am included in this problem, the number of people involved here can be expressed as:

$y+1$

Since each of us got 7 candies, then it is true that:

$\frac{t}{y+1}=7 \\ \\ t=7(y+1)$

So t (number of candies) is a function of y(number of friends).