A box had x pencils. Then 6 pencils were removed from the box. The box now has 54 pencils. | MathCelebrity Forum

A box had x pencils. Then 6 pencils were removed from the box. The box now has 54 pencils.

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A box had x pencils. Then 6 pencils were removed from the box. The box now has 54 pencils.

Removed means we subtract from the total. So Our equation is:
x - 6 = 54

To solve this equation for x, we type it in our search engine and we get:
x = 60
 
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