Question

sara had 87 signs to hang up around the school. she gave 13 signs to each of 3 students. then she took the remaining signs and divided them up equally between the 3 students. what does your solution of ( x = 16 ) mean in this situation? 87 three rectangles labeled ( x + 13 ) each options: each student got 16 signs in total. there were 16 students distributing signs. each student got 16 additional signs.

Explanation:

The bar model shows each student's total signs as $x + 13$, where 13 is the initial number given to each. The value $x = 16$ represents the extra signs each student received after the initial 13, since the remaining signs were divided equally as additional signs.

Answer:

Each student got 16 additional signs.