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24 February, 05:05

A group of 13 people are going out on a lake. Five of them will fit on one sailboat, and the rest

will be divided among 2-person canoes. This situation can be modeled by the equation 13 = 2c +

5. What does the solution to this equation represent?

A. Each canoe will carry 4 people.

B. They will take 4 canoes.

C. They will take 9 canoes.

D. They will take 3 canoes and one sailboat, for

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  1. 24 February, 07:49
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    b

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Because if there are 13 people and 5 on a sailboat that leaves 8. 2 people in a canoe so 4 canoes for the eight people.
  2. 24 February, 08:55
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    B. Because five of them are already on a sail boat so there's only 8 left you then divid it by 2 because of the two people each canoe so your answer is four canoes
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