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Algebra Difficulty 1.5 Junior Find the answer

What is the result of subtracting eighty-seven from nine hundred forty-three?

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

Converting to a numerical expression, we obtain 94387943-87 which equals 856.

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