Question

some students equally share 7 baskets of pears. each basket has 11 pears. write an algebraic expression to represent this situation. then explain how you chose which variable and operations to use. let 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 number of pears

There are 7 baskets, each with 11 pears. So total pears = \(7\times11 = 77\).

Step2: Divide total pears by number of students

Let \(s\) be the number of students. To find the number of pears each student gets, we divide total pears (77) by the number of students (\(s\)). So the algebraic expression is \(\frac{7\times11}{s}=\frac{77}{s}\).

Answer:

\(\boldsymbol{\frac{77}{s}}\) (or equivalently \(\boldsymbol{\frac{7\times11}{s}}\))