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Sarah has 12 red pencils she has 7 more red pencils than yellow how many yellow pencils does she have
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Sarah has 12 red pencils she has 7 more red pencils than yellow how many yellow pencils does she have

User Uvuvwevwevwe
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y+7=12

→y+7-7=12-7

→y=5

she has 5 red pencils

User Vince Gonzales
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Hi!

She has 12 red pencils and 7 less than that is how many yellow ones she has.

12-7=5

The answer is 5 yellow pencils

Hope this helps!
-Peredhel
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