Question

e students equally share 5 baskets of bananas. each basket has 19 bananas. write an algebraic expression to represent situation. then explain how you chose which variable and operations to use. et s represent the number of students. an expression that represents this situation is (use the operation symbols in the math palette as needed.)

Explanation:

Step1: Find total bananas

First, calculate the total number of bananas. There are 5 baskets, each with 19 bananas, so total bananas = \(5\times19\).

Step2: Divide by number of students

Let \(s\) be the number of students. To find the number of bananas each student gets, we divide the total number of bananas by the number of students. So the algebraic expression is \(\frac{5\times19}{s}\) (or \( \frac{95}{s}\) since \(5\times19 = 95\)). We use multiplication to find the total bananas and division because the bananas are shared equally among the students.

Answer:

\(\frac{5\times19}{s}\) (or \(\frac{95}{s}\))