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enrique and levi together have 386 trading cards. if enruque has 221 tradibg cards, how many does lwvi have?

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If they have 386 cards altogether, subtract one of the numbers that you know make up the sum. In this case, it'd be 221. So, you'd do 386-221. Which would be 165.
User Mollerhoj
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enrique+levi=386
enrique=221
subsitute
221+levi=386
subtract 221 frm botoh sides
levi=386-221
levi=165

levi has 165 cards
User Alexey Nazarov
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