Mariah gathered all her stuffed animals. She sold twelve of them at a garage sale. After the garage sale, she had seventeen stuffed animals left. How many stuffed animals did Mariah begin with? Let a represent the number of stuffed animals Mariah started with

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dmezzullo · Answer

well, can you make an equation?

dmezzullo · Answer

take away twelve from $a$, you have seventeen.

anonymous · Answer

ok

dmezzullo · Answer

so can you convert that into an equation?

anonymous · Answer

so i waz right

anonymous · Answer

my teacher has to correct that lol