Question

after a trip to an art museum, leslie’s scout troop made mosaics. the leader purchased a large case of tiles to split evenly among the 8 troop members. when they opened the box, they found that 40 of the tiles were broken. leslie’s troop leader divided the 200 intact tiles among the members.which equation can you use to find how many tiles, x, each scout troop member was originally supposed to get?40(x - 8) = 200 8(x - 40) = 2008x - 40 = 200 40x - 8 = 200

Explanation:

Step1: Define original total tiles

Let original per-member tiles be $x$. Total original tiles: $8x$

Step2: Account for broken tiles

Subtract 40 broken tiles to get intact tiles: $8x - 40 = 200$

Answer:

8x - 40 = 200