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Create an equation to solve the following word problem:

An electrician has placed two electric outlet boxes on each wall in a new home plus 5 additional electric outlet boxes in the garage. She installed 37 electric outlet boxes in total for the entire home (including the garage). On how many walls did she installed electric outlet boxes? ​

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Answer:

2+5+30/2=18.5

or,

37/2=18.5

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