You volunteer to help drive children at a charity event to the zoo, but you can fit only 6 of the 14 children present in your van. How many different groups of 6 children can you drive?
How many different groups of 6 children can you drive?

Two groups of 6.

Each ride, you can only take 6 children - so That's twelve of the fourteen. You would have two kids left.

step-by-step explanation:

first, eliminate the parenthesis:

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4

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second, group like terms:

3

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2

third, combine like terms:

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3

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4

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2

→

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1

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2