Question

North Carolina has 12 less electoral votes than Florida. Write & solve a subtraction equation to find the number of electoral votes for Florida. North corolina 15

Answer 1

Answer: There are 27 votes for Florida.

Explanation:

Hi, to answer this question we have to write an equation:

The number of votes of North Carolina (15) must be equal to the number of votes of Florida (x) minus 12.

Mathematically speaking:

15 = x -12

Solving for x:

15+12 = x

27 = x

There are 27 votes for Florida.

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