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A woman had two boxes of matches.she uses five matches and has 75 matches left.how many matches were in each box?using algebra

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  • 21-02-2022

Answer:

40 matches

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the amount of matches she has in total then...

x-5=75

Add 5 to both sides

x=80

She has 80 matches in total. Now, assuming each box of matches has the SAME amount of matches then she has...

80/2=40 matches in each box

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