Question

Patricia owned so many posters that she decided to sell 77 of them to her friends.after selling the posters she still had 186 left. Write and solve an equation to find the number of posters p Patricia had originally

Answer 1

Answer:

Patricia initially had 263 posters.

Step-by-step explanation:

p - 77 = 186

p = 186 + 77

p = 263

Answer 2

Patria sold: 77 posters

Had left: 186 posters

Equation:

p - 77 = 186

Solve:

p - 77 = 186

+ 77 +77

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p = 263

She had 263 posters originally.

Hope I helped!

-Char