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A textbook store sold a combined total of 312 history and psychology textbooks in a week. The number of psychology textbooks sold was 84 less than the number of history textbooks sold. How many textbooks of each type were sold?

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Answer: History textbooks sold: 198

Psychology: 114

Step-by-step explanation: 312- 84= 228

228 divided by 2= 114

Add 84 to 114 to represent the history textbooks since they have more.

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