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Forty-nine people are waiting in line to see the dinosaur movie. Seventeen are in front of Jackie. How many behind her?
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Forty-nine people are waiting in line to see the dinosaur movie. Seventeen are in front of Jackie. How many behind her?

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thirty one people are behing her.
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all you need to do is take 18 because 17 were in front of her plus herself makes 18 then you take the 18 and subtract it from 49 since there are 49 total and that gets you 31 and that's how many people were behind her.
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