Question

christine is a contestant on the kids game show, spend or switch! when she makes it on stage, host guy granger takes out a stack of one hundred - dollar bills. he divides the bills evenly among all 5 contestants on stage. each contestant receives 4 one hundred - dollar bills. which equation can you use to find the number of bills ( b ) in guy grangers stack?
( 5b = 4 )
( b + 5 = 4 )
( \frac{b}{5}=4 )
( b - 5 = 4 )
solve this equation for ( b ) to find the number of bills in guy grangers stack.
( 20 ) bills

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the problem

We know there are 5 contestants, and each gets 4 bills. So the total number of bills \( b \) divided by 5 (number of contestants) equals 4 (bills per contestant). So the equation is \( \frac{b}{5}=4 \).

Step2: Solve the equation \( \frac{b}{5}=4 \)

To solve for \( b \), multiply both sides of the equation by 5.
\( b = 4\times5 \)
\( b = 20 \)

Answer:

The correct equation is \( \frac{b}{5}=4 \), and the number of bills \( b = 20 \).