
This is how to calculate "6 plus what equals 78?" In other words, 6 plus a number equals 78. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:
6 + what = 78
To solve this equation, we first add -6 to each side of the equal sign like this:
6 - 6 + what = 78 - 6
Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "6 plus what equals 78?" as follows:
What = 72
The answer to "6 plus what equals 78?" is 72. You know this answer is correct because 6 plus 72 equals 78.
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