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Erin is making fruit punch for a party. The bowl currently has 2 1/4 cups of punch. Write and solve an equation to find the number of cups of fruit punch that were added to the bowl. -Be sure to define your variable as specially as possible.

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Answer: x+2 1/4

Step-by-step Explanation: It does not tell you how much you had before they added 2 1/4 cups of water. all you need is a variable to represent the unknow number. A variable is a letter that represents something, A-Z.

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