250 people went to a “couples party” party at 9am. If 70 people left at 11pm how many couples remained at the party?
1 answer:
Answer:
90 couples or 180 ppl
Step-by-step explanation:
lets take "x" as the couples who remained at the party
we start out with 250:
250
but by the time it is 11pm, 70 people have left the party
since it is a couples party we need to divide by two to account for the couples
=x
250-70=180
180/2=90
so 90 couples or 180 ppl
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Step-by-step explanation:
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=
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