Courtney and Chelsea are leading a family hike on Saturday. The number of snacks Chelsea is bringing can be represented by 2x. Courtney is bringing a number of snacks. If Chelsea brought 16 snacks, how many did Courtney bring?​

Courtney is bringing 8 snacks

Step-by-step explanation:

Chelsea's snacks are represented as 2x.

2x means 2 · (a number)

If Chelsea brought 16 snacks and the amount of snacks represented by 2x, we have to figure out what times 2 equals 16.

In order to find out, we have to divide.

16 ÷ 8 = 2

This means 2 · 8 = 16

Since the amount of snacks Courtney brings is represented as "x", she would have brought 8 snacks.

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question: how many people can she serve?

answer: she can serve 16.66666667 people. so she can only give 16 people a complete serving.

question: does she have enough ice cream for her guests?

answer: no. explanation: she only has enough for 16 people to have a full serving. however, she can give a 17th person a partial serving.

answer:   b

step-by-step explanation:

x2 = 16

x can not be a negative number because 16 is positive

the only answer would be positive 8