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ethan bought 4 packages of pencils. after he gave 8 pencils to his friends, he had 40 pencils left over. how many pencils were in each package? use the drop-down menus to solve the problem arithmetically and algebraically​

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there was 12 pencil's in each package because 12 ×4=48 48 -8=40

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