PLZ ANSWER I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST 5 STARS AND THANKSYou want to distribute 7 candies to 4 kids. If every kid must receive at least one candy, in how many ways can you do this?

If you have 7 candies and there's four children to give them to, 3 of them would have 2 pieces and 1 of them would only have one piece. If wanting to give them all equal amounts, then you can only give one piece of candy to each of the four kids.

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: solve one of the equations for one of the variables. let's solve the first equation for y:

step 2: substitute that equation into the other equation, and solve for x.

step 3: substitute x = 4 x = 4 x=4 into one of the original equations, and solve for y.

answer:

a=9

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