Ms. Smith had 70 stickers to give to students. She gave 3 to each student and still had 5 left. How many students were there? Write an equation to find the number of students who got stickers. Your answer should be an equation, not a number. *

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Answer:

[tex]3x+5=70[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total number of stickers [tex]=70[/tex]

Number of stickers given to each student[tex]=3[/tex]

To find: an equation to find the number of students who got stickers\

Solution:

Let [tex]x[/tex] denotes number of students.

So,

Number of stickers given to students [tex]=3x[/tex]

Stickers left[tex]=5[/tex]

Total number of stickers [tex]=3x+5[/tex]

Therefore,

[tex]3x+5=70[/tex]