Datan asks you "Hey Yosief, I have a question for you, if I gives 4 chocolate bars to each child at my party, I will have 38 left. If I give 7 chocolate bars each, I will have 2 chocolate bars left. How many children were there at my birthday party?"

Answer 1

There were #12# children at Datan's birthday party.

Le the number of children at Datan's birthday be #x#.
If he gives #4# chocolate bars to each child at his party i.e. in all #4xx x# and he has #38# left, he must be having
#4xx x+38=4x+38# chocolate bars.
If Datan gives #7# chocolate bars to each child at his party i.e. in all #7xx x# and he has #2# left, he must be having
#7xx x+2=7x+2# chocolate bars.
Hence, as the two should be equal, we have #7x+2=4x+38#
or #7x+2-4x-2=4x+38-4x-2#
or #7x+cancel2-4x-cancel2=cancel(4x)+38-cancel(4x)-2#
i.e. #3x=36# and hence #x=36/3=12#
There were #12# children at Datan's birthday party.
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Answer 2

Let's denote the number of children at the party as (x).

According to the given information, when you give 4 chocolate bars to each child, you will have 38 chocolate bars left. This can be represented as the equation (4x + 38).

Similarly, when you give 7 chocolate bars to each child, you will have 2 chocolate bars left. This can be represented as the equation (7x + 2).

We can set up a system of equations using these conditions:

  1. (4x + 38 = \text{total number of chocolate bars})
  2. (7x + 2 = \text{total number of chocolate bars})

We can set these two expressions equal to each other since they represent the same total number of chocolate bars:

[ 4x + 38 = 7x + 2 ]

Now, we solve for (x):

[ 38 - 2 = 7x - 4x ] [ 36 = 3x ] [ x = \frac{36}{3} ] [ x = 12 ]

So, there were 12 children at the birthday party.

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