An art teacher has a jar containing b buttons to distribute to her class for a project. In order to give each in the class 6 buttons, she will need 18 more buttons. If she gives each child 5 buttons, she will have 4 left over. How many children are in the class

22

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

An art teacher has the total number of buttons =

1. In order to give each in the class 6 buttons, she will need 18 more buttons.

2. If she gives each child 5 buttons, she will have 4 left over.

Question asked:

How many children are in the class ?

Solution:

Let total number of children in the class =

As given that, 18 more buttons will be needed to give 6 buttons to each.

The equation will be:-

Also given that, If she gives 5 buttons to each, she will have 4 left over.

The equation will be:-

Subtraction equation 2 from 1

Hence, total number of children are 22.

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a=24; b=12

step-by-step explanation:

a/b=2: 1

a=2b

36/(1+2)=12

b=12

a=24