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history help~? A “score” is twenty. Calculate the number of years in “four score and seven.” Then go back from 1863. What year is Lincoln referring to?

history help~? A “score” is twenty. Calculate the number of years in “four score and-example-1

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1776 because you would multiply 20 by 4, add 7, and subtract that from 1863.
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the answer is 1776

4 x 20 = 80

80 + 7 = 87

1863 - 87 = 1776
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