Jamie has 105 pieces of candy leftover from halloween. she would like to distribute them evenly to the 7 kids on her block. write an equation to show how many pieces of candy each kid will receive.

  7n = 105

step-by-step explanation:

let n represent the number of candies each kid will receive. then 7n is the total number the 7 kids will receive. if jamie distributes all 105 pieces, then

  7n = 105 . . the requested equation

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answer:

x - 3

discussion:

x^2 - 9 = (x-3) (x+3)   so

(x^2-9)/ (x + 3) = x-3

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mrb