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Ricardo has 2 cases of video games with the same number of games in each case. He gives 4 games to his brother. Ricardo has 10 games left.How many games wee in each case?

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Answer:

7 games

Explanation:

Ricardo has 2 cases with x number of games in each. This means 2x is the amount of video games in both. He gives away 4. He now has 2x-4 and has 10 left. This is 2x-4=10. Solve for x.

2x - 4 = 10

2x = 14

x=7

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