Question

1. mario has a collection of 125 comic books. he gives each of his 3 friends the same number of comic books and keeps his favorite 38 comic books for himself. how many comic books did he give to each of his friends?

Explanation:

Step1: Find the number of comic books given away

First, we need to find out how many comic books Mario gave away. He has a total of 125 and keeps 38, so we subtract the number he keeps from the total.
$125 - 38 = 87$

Step2: Divide the given - away books among 3 friends

Now, we divide the number of comic books given away (87) by the number of friends (3) to find out how many each friend gets.
$\frac{87}{3}=29$

Answer:

Mario gave 29 comic books to each of his friends.