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Gia got some books from the library yesterday she got five book today after turning three Gia now has six books how many library books Gia have to begin with

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Answer:

4 books

Explanation:

You want to know the number of books Gia got yesterday from the library if she got 5 today, turned in 3, and now has 6.

Equation

Let b represent the number of books Gia checked out yesterday. After getting 5 more and turning in 3, the total number she has is ...

b +5 -3 = 6

b +2 = 6 . . . . . . simplify

b = 4 . . . . . . . . subtract 2

Gia got 4 books from the library yesterday.

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