Several friends each had of a bag of peanuts left over from the baseball game. They realized that they could have bought 2 fewer bags of peanuts between them. How many friends went to the game?

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Several friends each had of a bag of
peanuts left over from the baseball game.
They realized that they could have bought
2 fewer bags of peanuts between them. How
many friends went to the game?
Transcribed Image Text:Several friends each had of a bag of peanuts left over from the baseball game. They realized that they could have bought 2 fewer bags of peanuts between them. How many friends went to the game?
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Given that, several friends had 25of a bag of peanuts left over the baseball game.

Also, they realized they could have bought 2 fewer bags of peanuts between them.

That is,1 friend = 2/5 of a bag of peanuts left - 0.4 left

2 friends = 4/5 of a bag of peanuts left together. - 0.8 left

3 friends = 6/5 of a bag of peanuts left together. - 1.2 left

4 friends = 8/5 of a bag of peanuts left together. - 1.6 left

5 friends = 10/5 of a bag of peanuts left together. - 2 left


 

 

 

 

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