70 plus what equals 29?

This is how to calculate "70 plus what equals 29?" In other words, 70 plus a number equals 29. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

70 + what = 29

To solve this equation, we first add -70 to each side of the equal sign like this:

70 - 70 + what = 29 - 70

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "70 plus what equals 29?" as follows:

What = -41

The answer to "70 plus what equals 29?" is -41. You know this answer is correct because 70 plus -41 equals 29.

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