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Will has 20 pounds of apples he makes to back to apple sauce that he's 4 pounds each one back to apple butter that use a 6 pounds and he uses 3 pounds to make juice right any Quetion to represent how many pounds of apples will has left

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Answer:

The equation representing pounds of apples will has left
x=20-4-6-3.

Will has left with 7 pounds of apples.

Explanation:

Given:

Total pounds of apple = 20 pounds.

Pounds of apple used for apple sauce = 4 pounds

Pounds of apple used for apple butter = 6 pounds

Pounds of apple used for making juice = 3 pounds

We need to write the equation to represent pounds of apples will has left.

Solution:

Let us assume pounds of apples will has left be 'x'.

So we can say that;

pounds of apples will has left can be calculated by subtracting Pounds of apple used for apple sauce and Pounds of apple used for apple butter and Pounds of apple used for making juice from Total pounds of apple.

framing in equation form we get;


x=20-4-6-3

Hence The equation representing pounds of apples will has left
x=20-4-6-3.

On Solving the above equation we get;


x=7\ pounds

Hence Will has left with 7 pounds of apples.

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