art bought 4 boxes of pens but gave his friend ben 8 pens and now has a total of 112 pens how many are in a box? which of the fo

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llowing is the best equation for the problem?

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arlik [135] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-22T15:49:38+03:00

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Let the original number of pens be h
h-8=112
Adding 8 to both sides;
h-8+8=112+8
h=120
The original number of pens is 120.

viktelen [127] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-22T14:44:45+03:00

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There was 30 in each box until he gave 8 away so no there is probably 28 in each box

sorry if i am wrong

4X - 8 = 112