Terrance picked 54 apples. He kept a apples for himself and gave each of 6 friends an equal number of apples. How many apples did each friend receive?
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How many is "a apples"?
54 - a = 6x
Insert "a" value and solve for x.
As asked, the question can have many answers. any multiple of 6 which is less than 54 would still be a correct value for the total number of apples given to the 6 friends.
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(54 - a) / 6
To find out how many apples each friend received, we need to subtract the number of apples Terrance kept for himself from the total number of apples.
Terrance kept 'a' apples for himself, so the number of apples he gave to his friends is 54 - a.
Since the problem states that Terrance gave an equal number of apples to each friend, we need to divide the number of apples he gave to his friends by the number of friends (which is 6).
Therefore, each friend received (54 - a) / 6 apples.