Problema Solution

Esther ate seven less than six times as many jelly beans as jake.esther ate 77 jelly beans.how many jelly beans did jake eat?

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let


x = the number of jelly beans that Jake ate


6x - 7 = 77


by solving we find:


x = 14 jelly beans


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Jake ate 14 jelly beans.