Answer:
Equation: 5x + 10 = 30
Simplified Equation: 5x = 20
Number of problems assigned per person (at the start): 4
Total number of problems assigned per person: 6
Step-by-step explanation:
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We know that there were 5 students at the after-school tutoring and that the same number of problems were assigned to each person.
Let x = # of problems assigned to each student.
Since there were 5 students, x is multiplied by 5 so we can represent that as 5x
Next, 2 problems were assigned to each of the 5 students, so that can be represented as 5*2 or 10
If we add both values, they should equal to 30:
5x + 10 = 30
Simplified version: 5x = 20
Value of x : 4
