75 plus what equals 77?

This is how to calculate "75 plus what equals 77?" In other words, 75 plus a number equals 77. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

75 + what = 77

To solve this equation, we first add -75 to each side of the equal sign like this:

75 - 75 + what = 77 - 75

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "75 plus what equals 77?" as follows:

What = 2

The answer to "75 plus what equals 77?" is 2. You know this answer is correct because 75 plus 2 equals 77.

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