SOLUTION: Anne has some number of cookies which she wants to distribute to kids in the room. If she gives each kid 9 cookies, 1 cookies will be left in her hand {{{9n + 1 = C}}}. If she tr

Question 13332: Anne has some number of cookies which she wants to distribute to kids in the room. If she gives each kid 9 cookies, 1 cookies will be left in her hand . If she tries to give each kid 10 cookies, she will need more 13 cookies than she has now . How many kids are there in the room?
Answer by akmb1215(68) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First of all, you need to set up equations to fit the problem. I have added these to your question. I have used C as the number of cookies, and n as the number of students in the room. Now that you know the equations, you can substitute 9n+1 for C in the second equation to get . To solve, first add like terms to get . Then, move 9n over to get . There are 14 kids in the class.
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