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Please look in your text book for this problem statement
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The statement is “30 pencils divided among some students”
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The word divided among indicates division “The symbol is (![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=9f4b2cf52b18a2f589119f18040b7c9d.png\")
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Thus, the algebraic expression is “![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=e73a1b089d932231b8feee160b045a4e.png\")
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The algebraic expression is ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=a07c0dd8ff7ac66ca9caf32e24bfe4cd.png\")
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