Beth won 86 pieces of gum playing hoops at her school’s game night. Later, she gave three to each of her friends. She only has 2 remaining. How many friends does she have.

That's a very dumb question, because some of her friends could be fakers and users. But, I'll answer it.

86 subtracted by 2 is 84.

It says she gave 3 to each friend so:

84 divided by 3 is 28.

She has 28 friends.

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step-by-step explanation:

if the four friends split the cost, p, of the pizza evenly, then each friend pays one-fourth of the cost of the pizza.

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