Given :
John has 3 ½ = 7/2 pounds of Skittles.
He decides to give ¾ pounds of Skittles to each friend.
To Find :
How much the leftover Skittles are.
Solution :
Let, his number of bands are x.
So, amount of Skittles left is :
[tex]L= \dfrac{7}{2}-\dfrac{3x}{4}\\\\L = \dfrac{24-3x}{4}[/tex]
Therefore, amount of leftover Skittles are [tex]\dfrac{24-3x}{4}[/tex] pounds if number of friends are x.
Hence, this is the required solution.
