A total of 16 guest attended a birthday party. Two friends stayed after to help clean up. how many left when the party ended.
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to solve the problem let x represent

2 + X = 16                  X = 14

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Try to make X alone so subtract 2 but you also have to subtract the 16 because the equation has to be equal so the answer is 14

14 of the 16 guests left when the party ended, and 2 stayed behind to help.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's identify what we know:

1) A total of 16 people attended

2) Only 2 stayed behind the help clean up.

We can create a formula, where x represents the number of people that left immediately after the party ended.

16 - 2 = x

x = 14

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