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After begging his parents for 33 years, Bryant is finally going to clown college! On the first day, his juggling instructor divides a box of bean bags equally among the 1313 clowns in Bryant's class. Each clown gets 55 bean bags.\newlineWhich equation can you use to find the number of bean bags bb in the instructor's box?\newlineChoices:\newline(A) b+13=5b + 13 = 5\newline(B) b13=5b - 13 = 5\newline(C) 13b=513b = 5\newline(D) b13=5\frac{b}{13} = 5\newlineSolve this equation for bb to find the number of bean bags in the instructor's box.\newline____ bean bags\newline

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Q. After begging his parents for 33 years, Bryant is finally going to clown college! On the first day, his juggling instructor divides a box of bean bags equally among the 1313 clowns in Bryant's class. Each clown gets 55 bean bags.\newlineWhich equation can you use to find the number of bean bags bb in the instructor's box?\newlineChoices:\newline(A) b+13=5b + 13 = 5\newline(B) b13=5b - 13 = 5\newline(C) 13b=513b = 5\newline(D) b13=5\frac{b}{13} = 5\newlineSolve this equation for bb to find the number of bean bags in the instructor's box.\newline____ bean bags\newline
  1. Understand the problem: Understand the problem.\newlineWe need to find the total number of bean bags bb in the instructor's box that are divided equally among 1313 clowns, with each clown getting 55 bean bags.
  2. Choose the correct equation: Choose the correct equation.\newlineThe total number of bean bags bb is the number of clowns multiplied by the number of bean bags each clown gets. Therefore, the correct equation is:\newline13×13 \times number of bean bags per clown =b= b\newlineThe equation that represents this situation is (C)13b=513b = 5, but this is incorrect because it implies each clown would get 113\frac{1}{13}th of a bean bag if there were 55 bean bags in total. We need to find the equation that correctly represents the total number of bean bags.

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