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Shrek has 4 onions. He gave X away. he has 4 left. How many onions did Shrekgive away?

 Feb 9, 2015

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Let's turn this into an equation:

4 - x = 4

The x represents the amount he gave away.

If we take 4 away from both sides:

-x = 0

Therefore, by multiplication of both sides by -1:

x = 0

And so we have our answer, 0.

 Feb 9, 2015
 #1
avatar+1090 
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Best Answer

Let's turn this into an equation:

4 - x = 4

The x represents the amount he gave away.

If we take 4 away from both sides:

-x = 0

Therefore, by multiplication of both sides by -1:

x = 0

And so we have our answer, 0.

Mathematician Feb 9, 2015

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