I have 3 boxes of x paperclips. If I use 100 paperclips, how many of them will I have left?

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I have 3 boxes of x paperclips. If I use 100 paperclips, how many of them will I have left?

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it would be 3x - 100

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AruLNadhaN answered Apr 22, 2017

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