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Perform your Houdini Math Magic on my question please lol.

At practice, Diego does twice as many push-ups as Noah, and also 40 jumping jacks. He does 62 exercises in total. The equation 2x + 40 = 62 describes this situation. What does the variable x represent?

A. The number of jumping jacks Diego does
B. The number of push-ups Diego does
C. The number of jumping jacks Noah does
D. The number of push-ups Noah does

User Don Pflaster
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The number of push-ups Noah does.

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Answer:

d is the answer you need.

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