SOLUTION: there are 7066 known nesting pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48 states today. this is 6649 more pairs than in 1963, howmany nesting pairs of bald eagles were there in the lower 4

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Question 217445: there are 7066 known nesting pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48 states today. this is 6649 more pairs than in 1963, howmany nesting pairs of bald eagles were there in the lower 48 states in 1963?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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7066 today.
x in 1963
x + 6649 = 7066
subtract 6649 from both sides of this equation to get:
x = 7066 - 6649
x = 417
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there were 417 in 1963
add 6649 to that and you get 7066 today.
7066 is 6649 more than 417.
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