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Danny and Carly like to work on jigsaw puzzles. Danny has two puzzles. If together they have 9 puzzles, then we can use the equation x+ 2 = 9 to determine how many puzzles Carly has. How many puzzles does
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Danny and Carly like to work on jigsaw puzzles. Danny has two puzzles. If together they have 9 puzzles, then we can use the equation x+ 2 = 9 to determine how many puzzles Carly has. How many puzzles does Carly have?

User Kumar D
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Answer:

Carly has 7 puzzles.

Explanation:

x+2=9

9-2=x

9-2=7

User Daniele Segato
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х - has Danny
2 - has Carly
--------------------------
9 - have together

x + 2 = 9
x = 9 - 2
x = 7 - has Carly.
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