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Algebra Difficulty 4.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer North Macedonia
Find the number by which the sum of the numbers 54863 and 30608 has to be decreased in order to obtain their difference?
A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.
Solution
We solve the equation (54863+30608)−x=54863−30608.
Its solution is x=85471−24255=61216.
The sum has to be decreased by 61216.
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