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A Girl Scout had 5x-12 boxes of cookies and sells 3x+18 of them. Write an expression to represent the amount of boxes she has left.

A Girl Scout had 5x-12 boxes of cookies and sells 3x+18 of them. Write an expression to represent the amount of boxes she has left.
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A Girl Scout had 5x-12 boxes of cookies and sells 3x+18 of them. Write an expression to represent the amount of boxes she has left.

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User Esmit
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2x minus 30 if u divide mulitpe of them
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User Tom Crockett
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So...

= (5x-12) - (3x+18)

= 5x - 12 - 3x - 18

= 2x - 30

I believe that's the answer
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User Jaketrent
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