Jack's mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 2 chocolates left. Write an equation to determine the number of friends (x)(x)left parenthesis, x, right parenthesis at Jack's party.

3x + 2 = 50

16

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the given situation, the equation to determine the number of friends is shown below:-

We assume the number of friends is x

50 - 3x = 2

-3x = -48

3x = 48

x = 16

So, the equation is

3x + 2 = 50

and the number of friends is 16

Therefore, the equation to determine the number of friends we just solved the above equation.

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step-by-step explanation:

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