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Jack's mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He gave 3 chocola

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Jack's mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 2 chocolates left.

If Jack had 2 chocolates left, then the total given to his friends is:
50 - 2 = 48

Let f be the number of friends at his birthday party. Then we have:
3f = 48

Typing this equation into our search engine, we get:
f = 16
 
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