Let be "x" the number of colored pencils in the box.
According to the information given in the exercise, there are 84 pencils in the box and 53 of them are regular pencils.
Knowing this information, you can set up the following equation:

Finally, you have to solve for the variable "x" in order to find its value. In order to do this, you can apply the Subtraction property of equality by subtracting 53 from both sides of the equation:

The answer is: There are 31 colored pencils in the box.
Answer:
you get the answer yet im trying to figure it out to
Step-by-step explanation:
Thousandths is the 3rd decimal place
The answer is 3.008
Commutative says you can add or multiply in any order
basically goes like this
a+b=b+a or
ab=ba
so what we need is something where the order change, nothing else
first one: (4+3)+x=(3+4)+x, the order changed, correct
2nd
ab=ba, this is not addition
3rd
r+(s+t)=(r+s)+t this is associative property
4th
n+0=n
this is zero addition property
answer is first one