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At a park, 96 brown-bag lunches were given out in thirty minutes. If 29 bags remain and x represents the starting number of brown-bag lunches, which equation could be used to determine the value of x?
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At a park, 96 brown-bag lunches were given out in thirty minutes. If 29 bags remain and x represents the starting number of brown-bag lunches, which equation could be used to determine the value of x?

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x - 96 = 29 is the CORRECT answer

User Malena
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There were 125 bags to start with.
Explanation: Let x be the number of lunches to start with.
96 were given out, so x - 96 remain.
As we have 29 left, we know that x - 96 = 29
So x = 29 + 96 = 125
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