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Pls help me on this word proplem?

Pls help me on this word proplem?-example-1

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Equation: 300+35x=1700; where x represents the amount of teams participating in the tournament

Answer: 40 teams competed in the lacrosse tournament


How to solve-

300+35x=1700

300-300+35x=1700-300

35x=1400

35/35x=1400/35

x=40



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