The edges on Wayne's snowboard are chipped and dented from riding over rocks, so Wayne wants to buy a new one. He can't afford the board he wants, so he opens a hot chocolate stand near his house. Wayne figures out how many cups of hot chocolate he must sell to have enough money for the snowboard. One cold, snowy Saturday, Wayne sells $43$ cups of hot chocolate. Now, he needs to sell $47$ more cups to buy the snowboard. $\newline$ Which equation can you use to find the total number of cups $c$ Wayne must sell to buy the snowboard? $\newline$ Choices: $\newline$ (A) $43c = 47$ $\newline$ (B) $\frac{c}{43} = 47$ $\newline$ (C) $c + 43 = 47$ $\newline$ (D) $c - 43 = 47$ $\newline$ Solve this equation for $c$ to find the total number of cups Wayne must sell to buy the snowboard. $\newline$ ____ cups $\newline$

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Q. The edges on Wayne's snowboard are chipped and dented from riding over rocks, so Wayne wants to buy a new one. He can't afford the board he wants, so he opens a hot chocolate stand near his house. Wayne figures out how many cups of hot chocolate he must sell to have enough money for the snowboard. One cold, snowy Saturday, Wayne sells

43

cups of hot chocolate. Now, he needs to sell

47

more cups to buy the snowboard.

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Which equation can you use to find the total number of cups

c

Wayne must sell to buy the snowboard?

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Choices:

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(A)

43c = 47

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(B)

\frac{c}{43} = 47

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(C)

c + 43 = 47

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(D)

c - 43 = 47

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Solve this equation for

c

to find the total number of cups Wayne must sell to buy the snowboard.

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____ cups

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Calculate Total Cups: Wayne has already sold $43$ cups and needs to sell $47$ more cups to have enough money for the snowboard. To find the total number of cups $c$ Wayne must sell, we need to add the cups he has already sold to the cups he still needs to sell.
Formulate Equation: The correct equation to represent this situation is $c = 43 + 47$ , where $c$ is the total number of cups Wayne must sell.
Solve for Total Cups: Now, we solve the equation for $c$ . $c = 43 + 47$ $c = 90$