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Heather bought enough shells to make x necklaces.Each necklaces holds 16 shells.Heather has made 10 necklaces.Is 16x + 10 a reasonable way to represent the number of shells that Heather has left to make
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Heather bought enough shells to make x necklaces.Each necklaces holds 16 shells.Heather has made 10 necklaces.Is 16x + 10 a reasonable way to represent the number of shells that Heather has left to make necklaces with? Explain your answer.

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It's x=6 that's your answer
User Michael Revlis
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the answer is x=6. 16x÷10= 6 while 16x÷16 cancels out. Leaving x=6
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