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.

introduction, methodology, results, discussion

step-by-step explanation:

an observational study is one which consists of actual observation to record data and then analyse the data.

there are a number of factors that should be analyzed before starting an observational study.

the main four factors are:

i) introduction:   this should be analysed to check whether the purpose of the study is correctly established and the data recorded are appropriate for the study

methodology:   the method of collecting the data, such as whether randomly selected, and whether sample size matches with the population to be studied, whether questions asked are easy to answer by common men, etc.

results: then results such as summary of data with comments should be studied thoroughly

discussion:   the last is the discussion, this can be either by management people or persons who are all interested , etc.