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Write and solve an equation.

Tommy has 5 more toy cars than Billy does.

If Tommy has 12 toy cars, how many cars, c, does Billy have?

Solve for c.

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User Enwired
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c+5=12 is the question
-5 -5
c=7
hope it helps
User Cristian Rojas
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if tommy has 5 more cars than billy
c=12-5 =7
billy has 7 cars
the answer is 7 cars
User Roshambo
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