Joshua is making spaghetti and meatballs for dinner for his friends. Joshua makes 30 meatballs. If Joshua wants 5 meatballs on each plate of spaghetti, how many plates can Joshua make? Write an equation to represent the scenario, and solve.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Let y represent the number of meatballs in total and x represents the number of plates.

per plate

Required

Determine the value of x

To solve for x, we make use of the following expression.

Substitute values for y and Rate

Divide through by 5

Hence, number of plates is 6

set each factor equal to 0

4x-3 = 0

2x-1 = 0

solve for x.

4x-3=0

4x=3

x= 3/4

solve for x. 

2x-1= 0

2x= 1

x= 1/2

your answer should be 1/2 is less than or equal to x and 3/4 is greater than or equal to x

17.08

correct me if i am wrong.