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Molly and Torry like to eat ice cream sandwiches. In one week, Molly ate 5 ice cream sandwiches, and Torry ate n ice cream sandwiches. They ate a total of 12 ice cream sandwiches altogether.

Write an equation to describe this situation.
How many ice cream sandwiches did Torry eat? (Algebra)

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Answer:

5+n=12 or to find n 12-5=n

n=17

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The equation would be 5+n=12.

This means that tory ate 7 because 5+7=12.

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