At a party, the number of people who ate meatballs was 11 fewer than 1/3 of the total number of people. five people ate meatballs. write a one step equation that has the same solution?

1/3T = 16

where T is the total number of people at the party

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of people at the party be T. It means that this population consist of people that ate meatballs and those who did not.

Given that 5 people ate meat balls and this is 11 fewer than 1/3 of the total number of people,

1/3 of the total number of people

= 1/3T

11 fewer than 1/3 of the total number of people,

= 1/3T - 11

5 people ate meat balls and this is 11 fewer than 1/3 of the total number of people means that

1/3T - 11 = 5

1/3T = 16

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