monica planned her birthday party. she prepared 5 muffins for each of her guests and kept aside two additional muffins in case someone will want extra. after the party, it turned out that one of the guests did n ' t come but every one of the guests that did come ate 6 muffins and 6 muffins remained. how many guests did monica plan on?	Answers.
A) 2 .	B) 4 .	C) 5 .	D) 6 .	E) 7 .
<gadget id="calculator">6 + 6</gadget>
<output>12</output>

<gadget id="calculator">12 - 2</gadget>
<output>10</output>

<gadget id="calculator">10 / 5</gadget>
<output>2</output>

<result>A</result>
monica planned her birthday party. she prepared 5 muffins for each of her guests and kept aside two additional muffins in case someone will want extra. after the party, it turned out that one of the guests did n ' t come but every one of the guests that did come ate 6 muffins and 6 muffins remained. how many guests did monica plan on?
divide(subtract(add(6, 6), const_2), 5)
let x be the number of guests . number of muffins prepared = 5 x + 2 number of muffins eaten + number of muffins remaining = number of muffins prepared 6 ( x - 1 ) + 6 = 5 x + 2 6 x = 5 x + 2 x = 2 answer : a