You are baking muffins for your class. there are 17 total students in your class and you have baked 5 muffins. write and solve an equation to find the additional number x of muffins you need to bake in order to have 2 muffins for each student. write your equation so that the units on each side of the equation are muffins per student

Additional muffins required, x = 29

The equation so that the units on each side of the equation are muffins per student

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the additional number x of muffins you need to bake in order to have 2 muffins for each student.

We have total number of students = 17

Number of muffins already baked = 5

So total number of muffins made = Number of muffins already baked + Additional muffins to be made

Total number of muffins made = 5 + x

We know that each student need to get 2 muffins

Total muffins needed = 17 x 2

Equating both

                   5 + x = 17 x 2

                        x = 34 - 5 = 29

Additional muffins required, x = 29

This is the equation so that the units on each side of the equation are muffins per student