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A crew is picking up chairs in the gymnasium after an event. After

clearing 217 chairs from the gym floor, 36 chairs still remain. Write an
equation you can use to find the number of chairs c placed on the gym
floor for the event.

User Chris Hinkle
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We know the number of chairs removed, and the number of chairs remaining/waiting to be removed, so
c= 217 + 36
c = 253
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