If each child should have [tex]x[/tex] candies, Mrs. Gomez should buy [tex]12x[/tex] candies, or a number of candies equal to a multiple of 12.
Mrs. Gomez wants to invite 12 children to her son's birthday party, and needs to prepare such that each gift bag she gives a child will contain equal number of candies.
The question does not give how many candies should be contained within each gift bag, but we can still derive a formula to give Mrs. Gomez an idea of what to do.
After sharing the gift bags, each child will have [tex]x[/tex] candies. In all, Mrs. Gomez will have to buy
[tex](x+x+x+...+x+x) \text{ candies}[/tex]
or [tex]x[/tex] added to itself 12 times. We could also have said that Mrs. Gomez needs to get
[tex]12\times x=12x[/tex]
candies in all. Since we do not need remainders, and a child cannot have a fractional amount of candies, the total number she should purchase should be a multiple of 12.
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Answer:
The answer is litterly 6
Step-by-step explanation:
You will have to divide, that answer is wrong 6 is correct
