Question

A total of 16 guest attended a birthday party.Two friends stayed after to help clean up. how many left when the party ended.

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to solve the problem let x represent

Answer 1

14 of the 16 guests left when the party ended, and 2 stayed behind to help.

Explanation:

Let's identify what we know:

1) A total of 16 people attended

2) Only 2 stayed behind the help clean up.

We can create a formula, where x represents the number of people that left immediately after the party ended.

16 - 2 = x

x = 14

Answer 2

2 + X = 16 X = 14

Explanation:

Try to make X alone so subtract 2 but you also have to subtract the 16 because the equation has to be equal so the answer is 14