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Sumalee won 40 super bouncy balls playing horseshoes at her school's game

night. Later, she gave two to each of her friends. She only has 8 remaining.
Choose the correct equation below to represent the situation?

a. 2x-8=40
b. 40-2x-8
c. 8-2x=40
d. 40-2x=8

User Itzdsp
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Answer: A
Explanation:you started off with 40 balls whatever you started off with will always be the equal to
User Nompumelelo
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let x represent how many friends Sumalee has.

40-2(x)=8

40 original balls - 2 to each friend = 8 balls left

User Branislav Kockica
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