Can someone help me out with this one?

Question

John won 41 pieces of gum plahing basketball at his school's game night. Later, he gave two to each of his friends. He only has 3 remaining. How many friends does he has?

Write a equationfor the story above

Answer 1

Let's write an equation to model this problem, let x=number of friends:

41 - 2x = 3

38 = 2x

19 = x

John has 19 friends.