SOLUTION: There are 54 people remaining after 37 left a dance. Write and solve an equation to find the number of people who were orginally at the dance.

Question 1147892: There are 54 people remaining after 37 left a dance. Write and solve an equation to find the number of people who were orginally at the dance.
Answer by ikleyn(52777) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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54 + 37 = 91 persons were there originally at the dance.


Why do you need an equation when the problem can be solved immediately using one arithmetic operation, addition ?

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