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Fiona is serving iced tea and lemonade at a picnic. She has only 44 cups in which to serve the drinks. If x represents the number of glasses of iced tea and y represents the number of glasses of lemonade, which equation represents the number of drinks she can serve?

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x = 44 – y

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User Dave Welling
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44=x+y
where the sum of any positive number x plus and any positive number y are equal to 44.
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