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Joe won 75 pieces of gum playing hoops. After giving some away he only has 51 remaining. How many did he give away?

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Answer:
x=24

Explanation:

We can solve this problem by solving for the variable
x in the equation
75-x=51. We do this by first isolating the term
-x with subtraction:


75-x=51


-75
-75


-x=-24

Then we multiply both sides by
-1 so we can get the value of
x:


-x
=
-24


*(-1)
*(-1)


x
=
24

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