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Yesterday I had n baseball cards. Today I gave six away. Using n, Write an expression for the number of cards I have left.

Yesterday I had n baseball cards. Today I gave six away. Using n, Write an expression-example-1

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The initial number of cards is given as n.

It is given that six of the cards were given away. Hence, to get the number of cards left, subtract 6 from the initial number of cards, n:


n-6

The required expression for the number of baseball cards left is n-6.

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